Dengue infection in children and adolescents: Clinical profile in a reference hospital in northeast Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 765-768

  Neto, Roberto da Justa Pires ^a,b   de Sá, Saulo Lacerda Borges ^c   Pinho, Stella Catunda ^c   Pucci, Felícia Holanda ^c   Teófilo, Cristiana Rodrigues ^c   Evangelista, Priscila Dourado ^c   Thé, Camila Silva ^c   Bezerra, Daniel Eduardo Garcia ^c   Lima, Juliana Cynara Santos ^c   Ponte, Henrique Jorge ^c   Daher, Elizabeth De Francesco ^a   Coelho, Ivo Castelo Branco ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Sao Jose de Doencas Infecciosas   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FORTALEZA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clinical profile; Dengue fever; Dengue hemorrhagic fever

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; DENGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENGUE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84892771945     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-1716-2013     Document Type: Article

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