Identification and validation of clinical predictors for the risk of neurological involvement in children with hand, foot, and mouth disease in Sarawak
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- 19 January 2009
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 9 (1) , 3
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-9-3
Abstract
Human enterovirus 71 (HEV71) can cause Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) with neurological complications, which may rapidly progress to fulminant cardiorespiratory failure, and death. Early recognition of children at risk is the key to reduce acute mortality and morbidity.Keywords
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