Meningitis in infancy in England and Wales: Follow up at age 5 years

BMJ

Volumn 323, Issue 7312, 2001, Pages 533-

  Bedford, Helen ^a   de Louvois, John ^b   Halket, Susan ^c   Peckham, Catherine ^a   Hurley, Rosalinde ^c   Harvey, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEWBORN INFECTION; ONSET AGE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; SPEECH DISORDER; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EYE DISEASES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPEECH DISORDERS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0035828439     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.323.7312.533     Document Type: Article

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