Improving quality of life at home for pediatric patients and families with primary immune deficiencies using subcutaneous immune globulin infusions

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 431-435

  Zampelli, Annette R ^a  

^a PENN STATE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Home; Immune deficiencies; Infusion; Pediatric; Quality; Subcutaneous

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748854902     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084822307304262     Document Type: Article

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