Abstract:
:Hepatitis A virus uncommonly causes neurological problems. Among these manifestations meningoencephalitis is very rare. We describe the clinical and laboratory features of a young boy with hepatitis A associated meningoencephalitis and compare it with other cases which had the same diagnoses.
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Trop Doctjournal_title
Tropical doctorauthors
Davoudi S,Soudbakhsh A,Emadikouchak H,Nikbakht G,Modabbernia Adoi
10.1258/td.2010.090424subject
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2010-07-01 00:00:00pages
176-7issue
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0049-4755issn
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40/3/176journal_volume
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