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ArticleClinical case reports2023

Acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood from Eastern Africa.

Hilary Chipongo, Shaffin Rajan, Abizer Sarkar, Ronald Mclarty, Esmail Sangey

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hilary ChipongoDepartment of Critical Care Unit Shree Hindu Mandal Hospital Dar es Salaam Tanzania.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1184-7077
Shaffin RajanDepartment of Critical Care Unit Shree Hindu Mandal Hospital Dar es Salaam Tanzania.
Abizer SarkarDepartment of Radiology Shree Hindu Mandal Hospital Dar es Salaam Tanzania.
Ronald MclartyDepartment of Pediatrics and Child Health Shree Hindu Mandal Hospital Dar es Salaam Tanzania.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5459-9659
Esmail SangeyDepartment of Critical Care Unit Shree Hindu Mandal Hospital Dar es Salaam Tanzania.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9794-8575
Aga Khan Hospital Dar es Salaam · TZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Key Clinical Message: Acute necrotizing encephalopathy leads to devastating neurological sequelae and even death. Clinician should try not to miss this diagnosis especially in the pediatrics whenever there are neurological symptoms due to viral infection. Abstract: Acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE) is a rare disease affecting the central nervous system. It leads to devastating neurological sequelae with a mortality rate of approximately 30%. Clinicians should have high suspicion whenever there is neurologic deficit and history of viral infections especially involving upper respiratory tract in the pediatric age group.

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encephalopathyimmunoglobulinnecrotizingpediatrics

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PMID37266344
PMCPMC10230415
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