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Lassa fever presenting as acute abdomen: a case series

Lassa fever, an endemic zoonotic viral infection in West Africa, presents with varied symptoms including fever, vomiting, retrosternal pain, abdominal pain, sore-throat, mucosal bleeding, seizures and coma. When fever and abdominal pain are the main presenting symptoms, and a diagnosis of acute abdo...

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Autores principales:	Dongo, Andrew E, Kesieme, Emeka B, Iyamu, Christopher E, Okokhere, Peter O, Akhuemokhan, Odigie C, Akpede, George O
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2013
Materias:	Case Report
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3639802/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23597024 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-422X-10-123

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