Reduced long-term respiratory morbidity after treatment of respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis with ribavirin in previously healthy infants: A preliminary report

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 154-158

  Edell, Dean ^a   Bruce, Erik ^a   Hale, Kathe ^a   Edell, Debra ^a   Khoshoo, Vikram ^a  

^a West Jefferson Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway reactivity; Asthma; Bronchiolitis; Reactive airway disease; Ribavirin; RSV

Indexed keywords

RIBAVIRIN; SALBUTAMOL;

ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; WHEEZING;

ALBUTEROL; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PREDNISONE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBAVIRIN;

EID: 0031958371     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199803)25:3<154::AID-PPUL4>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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