Eastern equine encephalitis in children, Massachusetts and new Hampshire, USA, 1970-2010

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 194-202

  Silverman, Michael A ^a   Misasi, John ^a   Smole, Sandra ^b   Feldman, Henry A ^a   Cohen, Adam B ^c   Santagata, Sandro ^a,d   Mcmanus, Michael ^a   Ahmed, Asim A ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALPHA2B INTERFERON; CARBAMAZEPINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; ETIRACETAM; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LORAZEPAM; MANNITOL; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN; OXCARBAZEPINE; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VIDARABINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED TISSUE; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; LABORATORY TEST; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930476685     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1902.120039     Document Type: Article

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