Haemolytic uraemic syndrome in childhood: An experience of 7 years at the Aga Khan University

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 100-103

  Ibrahim, Shahnaz H ^a   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a   Khan, Iqtidar A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032038165     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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