Pituitary cachexia after rabies encephalitis

Neurology India

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 255-256

  Hari Kumar, K V S ^a   Ahmad, F M H ^a   Dutta, Vijay ^a  

^a Western Command   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GROWTH HORMONE; LEVOTHYROXINE; RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY COMPOSITION; CACHEXIA; CASE REPORT; DOG BITE; DRY SKIN; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENCEPHALITIS; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NOSE FEEDING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PITUITARY CACHEXIA; RABIES; RABIES ENCEPHALITIS; STEROID THERAPY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT DISORDER; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84929297712     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.156295     Document Type: Letter

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