Is Pneumococcal Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome a New Disease?

Infections in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 251-258

  Gray, Barry M ^a  

^a Gibbs Cancer Center and Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemolytic uremic syndrome; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008771563     PISSN: 07496524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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