Clinical and radiological predictors of outcome for murray valley encephalitis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 481-489

  Speers, David J ^a,b   Flexman, James ^c   Blyth, Christopher C ^d,e   Rooban, Nirooshan ^f   Raby, Edward ^g   Ramaseshan, Ganesh ^g   Benson, Susan ^e   Smith, David W ^e,h  

^a PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUSTRALIA; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGISM; MENTAL HEALTH; MURRAY VALLEY ENCEPHALITIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEUTROPHILIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALYSIS; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; THALAMUS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOSIS; TREMOR; AGED; BRAIN; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; MIDDLE AGED; MURRAY VALLEY ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, MURRAY VALLEY; ENCEPHALITIS, ARBOVIRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877098049     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0379     Document Type: Article

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