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Research Article
Neurological Manifestaions in Acute Onset of Viral Gastroentritis
Author(s): Samileh Noorbakhsh, Hamid Reza Monavari and Azardokht TabatabaeiSamileh Noorbakhsh, Hamid Reza Monavari and Azardokht Tabatabaei
Back ground: AGE is one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality in infants and children in developing countries with near 11,000 deaths per day in the world.
Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of neurological manifestations in acute onset of viral gastrointestinal.
Methods: A cross sectional /descriptive study performed upon 50 children admitted due to acute viral gastrointestinal infections in Department of pediatric Infectious Disease, Rasul Hospital, Tehran, Iran, 2010- 2011. Initially, a questionnaire was completed by an authorized physician for each cases (eg: age, gender, clinical signs, vomiting, diarrhea (type, time of onset, frequency) attending time from onset ,type of neurologic symptoms ,analysis of lab test (stool direct exams, biochemical parameters, stool culture, direct viral test in stool). All cases with bacterial or other known causes.. Read More»
DOI:
10.4172/2155-6113.1000189
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