Influenza virus infection mimicking an acute abdomen in a female adolescent

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 140-141

  Vivar, Karina L ^a   Uyeki, Timothy M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Cytokine storm; Hypercytokinemia; Influenza

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CYTOKINE STORM; HYPERCYTOKINEMIA; INFLUENZA;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 84894416278     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12222     Document Type: Article

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