Retrospective clinical and laboratory evaluation of children with brucellosis

Pediatrics International

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 215-218

  Okur, Mesut ^a   Erbey, Fatih ^b   Bektaş, Mehmet Selçuk ^c   Kaya, Avni ^b   Doǧan, Murat ^c   Acar, Mehmet Nuri ^b   Uzun, Hakan ^a  

^a DUZCE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Women's and Children's Hospital   (Turkey)

^c YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

brucellosis; childhood; clinical and laboratory findings

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; PANCYTOPENIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLENOMEGALY; SWEATING; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84859893395     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2011.03558.x     Document Type: Article

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