Acute neuromuscular weakness associated with dengue infection

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-39

  Hira, Harmanjit ^a   Kaur, Amandeep ^b   Shukla, Anuj ^b  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

^b MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Dengue infection; hypokalemia; motor weakness

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; ELECTROLYTE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NS1 ANTIGEN; POTASSIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; LIMB WEAKNESS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; MYOSITIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SEROTYPING; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 84856368524     PISSN: 09763147     EISSN: 09763155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0976-3147.91928     Document Type: Article

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