Characteristics and outcome of tetanus in adolescent and adult patients admitted to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital between 2000 and 2009

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 323, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 201-204

  Bankole, Idowu A ^a   Danesi, Mustapha A ^b   Ojo, Oluwadamilola O ^b   Okubadejo, Njideka U ^b   Ojini, Frank I ^b  

^a IRRUA SPECIALIST TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Lagos University Teaching Hospital; Outcome; Tetanus

Indexed keywords

TETANUS TOXOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CHILD; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOTORCYCLIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; TRISMUS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 84867890507     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2012.09.017     Document Type: Article

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