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Clinical features of dengue in a large Vietnamese cohort: intrinsically lower platelet counts and greater risk for bleeding in adults than children

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BACKGROUND: As dengue spreads to new geographical regions and the force of infection changes in existing endemic areas, a greater breadth of clinical presentations is being recognised. Clinical experience suggests that adults manifest a pattern of complications different from those observed in children, but few reports have described the age-related spectrum of disease in contemporaneous groups of patients recruited at the same geographical location. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Using det...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1371/journal.pntd.0001679

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDM
Sub department:
Tropical Medicine
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Publisher:
Public Library of Science Publisher's website
Journal:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Journal website
Volume:
6
Issue:
6
Pages:
e1679
Publication date:
2012-06-26
Acceptance date:
2012-04-26
DOI:
EISSN:
1935-2735
ISSN:
1935-2727
Pmid:
22745839
Language:
English
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pubs:341139
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uuid:3ad84fd6-9e4c-4d49-8d1d-85ac1113d470
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pubs:341139
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341139
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2017-04-26

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