External validation of a scoring system to predict resistance to intravenous immunoglobulin

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Kobayashi, Tohru ^a   Inoue, Yoshinari ^a   Tamura, Kazushi ^a   Morikawa, Akihiro ^a   Kobayashi, Tomio ^b  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Gumna Children S Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LETTER; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33947267030     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.12.036     Document Type: Letter

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