Subspecialty evaluation of chronically ill hospitalized patients with suspected immune defects

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-150

  Mehra, Ami ^a   Sidi, Peter ^a   Doucette, John ^b   Estrella, Lissette ^a   Rouvelas, Helen ^a   Cunningham Rundles, Charlotte ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PATIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONIA; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 34547960528     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60638-2     Document Type: Article

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