Autopsy findings in children with hand, foot, and mouth disease

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-92

  Jiang, Min ^a   Wei, Dan ^a   Ou, Wei Lin ^b   Li, Kun Xiong ^a   Luo, Dian Zhong ^a   Li, Yun Qian ^b   Chen, E ^c   Nong, Guang Min ^a  

^a GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUILIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Yulin Second People's Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; MESSENGER RNA; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; COXSACKIE VIRUS A; COXSACKIE VIRUS A17; DEATH; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENTEROVIRUS 71; FEVER; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MYOCLONUS; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEIZURE; STARTLE REFLEX; TACHYCARDIA; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 84863510518     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1110981     Document Type: Letter

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