Brain damage after neonatal tetanus in a rural Kenyan hospital

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 305-308

  Barlow, J L ^a   Mung'Ala Odera, V ^a   Gona, J ^a   Newton, C R J C ^a,b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Brain damage; Child; Neonate; Tetanus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN INJURY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY CARE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; KENYA; MICROCEPHALY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN TETANUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SURVIVAL RATE;

BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVORS; TETANUS;

EID: 0035028191     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00705.x     Document Type: Article

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