Growth and development four years after treatment for the Trichuris dysentery syndrome

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1247-1249

  Callender, J E ^a   Walker, S P ^a   Grantham McGregor, S M ^b   Cooper, E S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Qu Elizabeth Hospital for Children   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Development; Growth; Trichuris dysentery syndrome

Indexed keywords

MEBENDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; COGNITION; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHURIASIS;

ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DYSENTERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH; HUMANS; MALE; MEBENDAZOLE; TRICHURIASIS;

EID: 0032421851     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/080352598750030924     Document Type: Article

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