Respiratory Syncytial Viral Infection in Children with Compromised Immune Function

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 315, Issue 2, 1986, Pages 77-81

  Hall, Caroline Breese ^a   Powell, Keith R ^a   Macdonald, Noni E ^a   Gala, Christine L ^a   Menegus, Marilyn E ^a   Suffin, Stephen C ^a   Cohen, Harvey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG THERAPY; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; THERAPY; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0022589560     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198607103150201     Document Type: Article

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