Ganciclovir treatment of steroid-associated cytomegalovirus disease in a congenitally infected neonate

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 239-241

  Vallejo, Jesus G ^a   Englund, Janet A ^a   Garcia Prats, Joseph A ^a   Demmler, Gail J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Cytomegalovirus; Ganciclovir; Neonate

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GANCICLOVIR;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TISSUE CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DEXAMETHASONE; GANCICLOVIR; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0028288954     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199403000-00019     Document Type: Article

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