Clinical utility of the polymerase chain reaction for diagnosis of enteroviral meningitis in infancy

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 393-397

  Ahmed, A ^a   Brito, F ^a   Goto, C ^a   Hickey, S M ^a   Olsen, K D ^a   Trujillo, M ^a   McCracken G H , Jr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENTEROVIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 0030697157     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(97)80064-9     Document Type: Article

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