BCG vaccination: Some practical dilemmas

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 941-944

  Kaur, Sarvpreet ^a   Faridi, M M A ^a   Ramachandran, V G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

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Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

BCG VACCINATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SEROCONVERSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

BCG VACCINE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032835558     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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