Clinical profile and long-term sequelae of Chikungunya fever

Indian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 6, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2011, Pages 12-19

  Paul, Binoy James ^a   Pannarkady, Geetha ^a   Moni, Shanu P ^a   Thachil, Emil Jacob ^a  

^a Medical College Calicut   (India)

Author keywords

antimalarials; Chikungunya fever; clinical profile; long term sequelae; rheumatoid arthritis; synovial biopsy

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANKLE; ANOREXIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CHIKUNGUNYA ARTHRITIS; CHILL; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; DESQUAMATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDEMA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIPHORA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTERVIEW; JOINT; LOW BACK PAIN; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RASH; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RIGOR; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING;

EID: 84992268867     PISSN: 09733698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0973-3698(11)60024-1     Document Type: Article

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