Rotavirus gastroenteritis in infants and children;Rotavirus-gastroenteritis im sauglings- und kleinkindesalter

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 129, Issue 47, 1999, Pages 1822-1830

  Laubereau, B ^a   Gateau, S ^b   Ehlken, B ^e   Huber, K ^c   Rohwedder, A ^d   Gervaix, A ^b   Heininger, U ^a,f   Schaad, U B ^a   Aladjem, D ^a   Balderrama, F ^a   Egger, P ^a   Guldimann, D ^a   Muller I ^a   Schweizer, K ^a   Straubli A ^a   Wurster, J ^a  

^a Universitats Kinderspital Beider B ^*

^b Hopital des Enfants Hopitaux universitaires de Geneve   (Switzerland)

^c Wyeth Lederle AHP   (Switzerland)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e NORDIG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Communityacquired; G type; Incidence; P type; PCR; Rotavirus; Switzerland; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; SWITZERLAND; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING; CLINICAL TRIAL; FECES; FEMALE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIROLOGY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SWITZERLAND; VOMITING;

EID: 0033610531     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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