Quality of life and associated socio-clinical factors after encephalitis in children and adults in England: A population-based, prospective cohort study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Ramanuj, Parashar Pravin ^a,b   Granerød, Julia ^a   Davies, Nicholas W S ^c   Conti, Stefano ^a   Brown, David W G ^a   Crowcroft, Natasha S ^d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 10; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS; SURVIVOR; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; WELLBEING; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENCEPHALITIS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905052637     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103496     Document Type: Article

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