An adult norovirus-related encephalitis/encephalopathy with mild clinical manifestation

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kimura, En ^a   Goto, Hitomi ^a   Migita, Akie ^a   Harada, Seiya ^b   Yamashita, Satoshi ^a   Hirano, Teruyuki ^a   Uchino, Makoto ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kumamoto Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science   (Japan)

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EID: 84897031529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.03.2010.2784     Document Type: Article

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