Viral encephalitis and its management through advanced molecular diagnostic methods: A review

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 118-120

  Rasool, Vamiq ^a   Rasool, Sabha ^b   Mushtaq, Sheikh ^a  

^a G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INCIDENCE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892413724     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922813490229     Document Type: Note

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