Clinical Predictors of Influenza in Children

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 391-394

  Friedman, Marla J ^a   Attia, Magdy W ^b  

^a MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIRUS CULTURE; WINTER;

CHILD; COUGH; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHARYNGITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1842528118     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.158.4.391     Document Type: Article

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