Ganciclovir therapy in cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in immunocompetent pediatric patients

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 278-281

  Avila Agüero, María L ^a,b   Paris, María M ^a,c   Alfaro, Wilberth ^a   Avila Agüero, Claudio R ^d   Faingezicht, Idis ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE NIÑOS   (Costa Rica)

^b Universidad de Ciencias Medicas   (Costa Rica)

^c ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d Hospital Monseñor Sanabria   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; GANCICLOVIR; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOOD; CHILD; CYTOMEGALIC INCLUSION BODY DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIROLOGY;

EID: 10744233351     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1201-9712(03)90107-X     Document Type: Article

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