Bacterial gastroenteritis in Saudi children

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 614-616

  Bakheshwain, Saadia M ^a   El Khizzi, Noura A ^a   Al Rasheed, Abdul Mohsen M ^a  

^a Prince Sultan Military Medical City   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bacterial etiology; Childhood gastroenteritis; Susceptibility pattern

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444253432     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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