Sonographic evidence of ascites, pleura-pericardial effusion and gallbladder wall edema for dengue fever

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 335-341

  Motla, M ^a   Manaktala, S ^b   Gupta, V ^c   Aggarwal, M ^a   Bhoi, S K ^b   Aggarwal, P ^b   Goel, A ^d  

^a Yahoda Hospital   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c MERCY HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

dengue epidemic; dengue fever; dengue outbreak; sonograph; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; DENGUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ASCITIC FLUID; DENGUE; EDEMA; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860559448     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X11006637     Document Type: Article

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