Ekiri syndrome: a report of 13 cases
"nBackground: Ekiri syndrome or lethal toxic encephalopathy is a complication of shigellosis with dysentery, hyperpyrexia, seizures, headache and altered level of consiousness, which rapidly progresses to death. These children die at the beginning of the disease (8-48 hours from the beginni...
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2009-02-01
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Series: | Tehran University Medical Journal |
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Online Access: | http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/13229.pdf&manuscript_id=13229 |