Diaphragmatic paralysis: A rare consequence of dengue fever

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ratnayake, Eranda C ^a   Shivanthan, Chrishan ^a   Wijesiriwardena, Bandula C ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Dengue fever; Diaphragmatic paralysis; Phrenic neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COUGHING; DENGUE; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPATHY; PHRENIC NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SRI LANKA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DENGUE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS; SRI LANKA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857213891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-46     Document Type: Article

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