Skin rash, headache and abnormal behaviour: Unusual presentation of intracranial haemorrhage in dengue fever

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Wani, Abdul Majid ^a   Al Mejally, Mousa Ali ^a   Hussain, Waleed Mohd ^a   Al Maimani, Wail ^a   Hanif, Sadia ^a   Khoujah, Amer Mohd ^b,c   Siddiqi, Ahmad ^a   Akhtar, Mubeena ^a   Bafaraj, Mazen G ^c   Fareed, Khurram ^a  

^a HERA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b National Guard Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 84874758103     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.06.2009.1949     Document Type: Article

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