The rabies early death phenomenon: A report of ineffective administration of rabies vaccine during symptomatic disease

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 422-424

  Sadeghi, Mahmoud ^a   Moallem, Shams Ali ^b   Yousefi Abdolmaleki, Elham ^c   Montazeri, Mohammad ^b  

^a BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Early death; postexposure vaccine; rabies

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFTRIAXONE; CLONAZEPAM; PHENYTOIN; RABIES VACCINE; VALPROIC ACID;

AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BITE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; FATALITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERSALIVATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; JACKAL; MEDICAL HISTORY; RABIES; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA;

EID: 84937119669     PISSN: 09725229     EISSN: 1998359X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.160292     Document Type: Article

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