National survey of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009-associated encephalopathy in Japanese children

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1151-1156

  Kawashima, Hisashi ^a   Morichi, Shinichiro ^a   Okumara, Akihisa ^b   Nakagawa, Satoshi ^c   Morishima, Tsuneo ^d  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abnormal behaviour; Cytokine; EEG; MERS; MRI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; DELIRIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIRIUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PANDEMICS; SEASONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84862660947     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23317     Document Type: Article

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