LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Is malnutrition or litchi consumption the culprit behind
Acute Encephalitis Syndrome?
| 1 | Department of Public Heath Dentistry, Indira Gandhi Institute of Dental
Sciences, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, Pondicherry, India |
| 2 | Department of Anaesthesiology, Government Chengalpattu Medical
College, Chengalpattu, India |
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Shivashankar Kengadaran
Department of Public Heath Dentistry, Indira Gandhi Institute of Dental Sciences, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, Pondicherry, 607402, India
Department of Public Heath Dentistry, Indira Gandhi Institute of Dental Sciences, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, Pondicherry, 607402, India
Submission date: 2020-02-21
Final revision date: 2020-03-10
Acceptance date: 2020-03-10
Publication date: 2020-03-23
Popul. Med. 2020;2(March):6
KEYWORDS
TOPICS
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