LETTER TO EDITOR
Acute encephalitis syndrome following scrub typhus infection
Birendra Pradhan
Citation Information :
Pradhan B. Acute encephalitis syndrome following scrub typhus infection. Indian J Crit Care Med 2014; 18 (10):700-701.
DOI:
10.4103/0972-5229.142184
License:
CC BY-ND 3.0
Published Online:
01-09-2008
Copyright Statement:
Copyright © 2014; The Author(s).
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