Clinical characteristics of severe Japanese encephalitis: A case series from South Korea

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 369-375

  Sunwoo, Jun Sang ^a   Lee, Soon Tae ^b,c   Jung, Keun Hwa ^b,c   Park, Kyung Il ^d   Moon, Jangsup ^b,c   Jung, Ki Young ^b,c   Kim, Manho ^b,c   Lee, Sang Kun ^b,c   Chu, Kon ^b,c  

^a Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University Hospital Healthcare System Gangnam Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN STEM; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOREFLEXIA; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SOUTH KOREA; BRAIN; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; BRAIN; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85026886180     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0054     Document Type: Article

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