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Dengue Fever
Ultrasound assists in diagnosis of dengue fever
July 24th, 2005
Ultrasound assists in the diagnosis of dengue fever. "This study was performed to find out whether ultrasound is an important adjunct to clinical and laboratory profile in diagnosing dengue fever or dengue hemorrhagic fever and to further determine whether ultrasound is useful in predicting the severity of the disease. "Ultrasound was performed on 128 patients (2-9 years) with clinical suspicion of dengue fever," scientists in India report. "Serological tests were performed to confirm the diagnosis. 40 patients were serologically negative for dengue fever and later excluded from the study. "Of the remaining 88...
Source: Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA (2005-07-24)
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