Hospitalization of childhood rotavirus infection from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 518-522

  Lee, W S ^a   Veerasingam, P D ^a   Goh, A Y T ^a   Chua, K B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acute diarrhoea; Developing country; Gastroenteritis; Rotavirus infection

Indexed keywords

MILK PROTEIN;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTOLERANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTAVIRUS; URBAN AREA; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0142057219     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2003.00206.x     Document Type: Article

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