Infant botulism in the age of botulism immune globulin

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2029-2032

  Thompson, Joel A ^a   Filloux, F M ^a   Van Orman, C B ^a   Swoboda, K ^a   Peterson, P ^a   Firth, S D ^a   Bale Jr , J F ^a  

^a PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULISM ANTISERUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BOTULISM; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BOTULISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING METHODS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 21144445139     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000166950.35189.5E     Document Type: Review

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