Neurologic Complications of Influenza

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 96-100

  Ekstrand, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ACUTE NECROTIZING ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN DISEASE; COMA; ENCEPHALITIS; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MYELITIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PARESIS; REVIEW; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEIZURE; STROKE;

BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMICS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 84865173831     PISSN: 10719091     EISSN: 15580776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spen.2012.02.004     Document Type: Review

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