Clinical spectrum of dengue fever in a tertiary care centre with particular reference to atypical presentation in the 2012 outbreak in Kolkata

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 904-906

  Majumdar, Ritwika ^a   Jana, Chanchal Kumar ^a   Ghosh, Sandip ^a   Biswas, Uttam ^a  

^a R G KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

2012 outbreak; Atypical presentation; Dengue fever

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CREATINE KINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MYOGLOBIN; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 1; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; DENGUE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; MYOSITIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PANCREATITIS; PREVALENCE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN BIOPSY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VASCULITIS;

EID: 84872251481     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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