Extensive haemorrhagic necrosis of liver is an unpredictable fatal complication in dengue infection:...
Extensive haemorrhagic necrosis of liver is an unpredictable fatal complication in dengue infection: a postmortem study
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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Dengue infection carries a potential risk of death despite stringent management of plasma leak and haemorrhage. It appears that the extent of liver dysfunction determines the outcome.
We present a postmortem study of five patients, died of dengue shock syndrome who had markedly elevated liver enzymes and irreparable circulatory failure.
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Extensive haemorrhagic necrosis of liver is an unpredictable fatal complication in dengue infection: a postmortem study
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1471-2334
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1471-2334
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10.1186/1471-2334-14-141
