Rivavarin as treatment of acute bronchiolitis associated with viral syncitial respiratory infection;Ribavirina como tratamiento de la bronquiolitis por virus respiratorio sincitial

Anales Espanoles de Pediatria

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 14-16

  Sanchez Solis De Querol M ^a   Castillo Ochando, F ^a   Diaz Torres M ^a   Sayed Sancho, N ^a   Sanchez Flores F ^a   Pajaron De Ahumada M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis; Respiratory syncytial virus; Ribavirin

Indexed keywords

RIBAVIRIN;

ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OXYGEN THERAPY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BRONCHIOLITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBAVIRIN;

EID: 0345454892     PISSN: 03024342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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