Sensorineural hearing loss in children with epidemic meningococcal meningitis at Tikur Anbessa Hospital

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-121

  Melaku, Abebe ^a  

^a TIKUR ANBESSA HOSPITAL   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 3543151281     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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