Laboratory tests and clinical management of dengue in 26 healthcare institutions in India
Sanjay Bhattacharya, Gaurav Goel, Kalpana George, Ranjani Shamsundar, J Lancy, J Sudarsana, S Rema Devi, S Sangeetha, Kamla Kant, K A Sathiavathy, K L Sarada Devi, K Rejitha, T S Shailaja, Geetha Raveendran, Anu P John, T Sohanlal, George Varghese, Anitha Madhavan, Barsha Sen, K V Suseela, Syed Mustaq Ahmed, Renu Mathew, Shoba Kurian Pulikkottil, J Beena Philomina, Jily P Chinnan, Soumya Rani, Ranganathan Iyer, Sourav Maiti, Swapna R Nath, Shabina M Balakrishnan
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Bhattacharya S, Goel G, George K, Shamsundar R, Lancy J, Sudarsana J, Devi SR, Sangeetha S, Kant K, Sathiavathy KA, Devi KL, Rejitha K, Shailaja TS, Raveendran G, John AP, Sohanlal T, Varghese G, Madhavan A, Sen B, Suseela KV, Ahmed SM, Mathew R, Pulikkottil SK, Philomina JB, Chinnan JP, Rani S, Iyer R, Maiti S, Nath SR, Balakrishnan SM. Laboratory tests and clinical management of dengue in 26 healthcare institutions in India. 2018; 20 (1):5-13.
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