Encephalitis in children

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 150-161

  Thompson, Clara ^a   Kneen, Rachel ^b   Riordan, Andrew ^b   Kelly, Dominic ^a   Pollard, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMOXICILLIN; AZATHIOPRINE; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; INTERFERON; OSELTAMIVIR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STEROID; SULFADIAZINE; VIDARABINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE BRAIN DISEASE; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARBOVIRUS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN EDEMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CHILD; COXSACKIE VIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSTONIA; ECHO VIRUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; EPILEPSY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEVER; HASHIMOTO ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES ZOSTER ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE MEDICINE; INFLUENZA; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MEASLES VIRUS; METABOLIC DISORDER; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUMPS VIRUS; MURRAY VALLEY ENCEPHALITIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEOPLASM; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAPILLEDEMA; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PAROTITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA; RUBELLA VIRUS; SKIN BIOPSY; STOMATITIS; TICK BITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; URINALYSIS; VASCULITIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84856112691     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-300100     Document Type: Review

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