Derivation and Validation of a Mortality Risk Score for Severe Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in China

Abstract Outbreaks of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) have increased recently, as has the case fatality rate in severe cases. No scoring system currently exists to predict mortality risk for severe HFMD in previous study. We retrospectively collected laboratory parameters for 546 patients with s...

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Main Authors: Jun Qiu, Xiulan Lu, Xiao Liu, Ping Zang, Wenjiao Zhao, Pingping Liu, Zhenghui Xiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02658-4

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