Lower Airway Disease Caused by Respiratory Syncytial Virus

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 355-362

  Aggarwal, Rahul ^a,b  

^a St Mary's Medical Centre   (United States)

^b Duluth Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD); Congenital heart disease (CHD); Intravenous immune gammaglobulin (IVIG); Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; OXYGEN; RIBAVIRIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0031838503     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02761127     Document Type: Article

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