Tetanus: An Analysis of the Prognosticating Factors of Cases Seen in a Tertiary Hospital in a Developing African Country between 1990 and 2000

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 240-241

  Ogunrin, Olubunmi A ^a   Unuigbe, Evelyn I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; TETANUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE SPASM; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PROGNOSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TETANUS; TETANUS ANTITOXIN; TETANUS TOXOID;

EID: 5444236255     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550403400422     Document Type: Article

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