Prognostic significance of serum iron levels in cases of Japanese encephalitis
Open Access
- 1 March 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Vol. 67 (785) , 247-249
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.67.785.247
Abstract
Summary: Forty-one children with acute laboratory confirmed Japanese encephalitis were studied. Serum iron concentrations were consistently low following Japanese encephalitis virus infection, with the levels being of prognostic significance.Keywords
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