Influenza B-associated acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood: a report from North America

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 383-385

  Samanta, Debopam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BACLOFEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LIVER ENZYME;

ABNORMAL POSTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA B; LEIGH DISEASE; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SORE THROAT; COMPLICATION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; LEUKOENCEPHALITIS, ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC; VIROLOGY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALITIS, ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84949524033     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: 22402993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13760-015-0573-2     Document Type: Letter

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