Influenza viruses in children attending major referral center in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 232-235

  Al Hajjar, Sami H ^a   Al Mohsen, Ibrahim Z ^a   Frayha, Husn H ^a   Akhtar, Javed M ^a   Qadri, Sayed M ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Clinical presentation; Influenza viruses subtype analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0442275792     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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