Fatal Respiratory Syncytial Virus Pneumonia as the Presenting Feature of Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 147-149

  Schneider, Stephen ^a   Borzy, Michael S ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; PURINE METABOLISM; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

EID: 0029923818     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289603500306     Document Type: Article

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