Epidemiology of bacterial meningitis in children: Aichi prefecture, Japan, 1984-1993

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 244-250

  Ishikawa, Tatsuya ^a   Asano, Yoshizo ^b   Morishima, Tsuneo ^c   Nagashima, Masami ^c   Sobue, Gen ^c   Watanabe, Kazuyoshi ^c   Yamaguchi, Hideaki ^d  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d TOSEI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029889401     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0887-8994(96)00024-0     Document Type: Article

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