Factors associated with sclerema in infants with diarrhoeal disease: A matched case-control study

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 873-878

  Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer ^a,d   Ahmed, Tahmeed ^a   Faruque, Abu Syed Golam ^a   Saha, Shuvra ^b   Salam, Mohammed Abdus ^a   Islam, Sufia ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b Medical Research   (Gambia)

^c EAST WEST UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^d ICDDRB Clinical Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Case fatality; Diarrhoea; Hypothermia; Infant; Sclerema

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; PREALBUMIN; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOXIA; INFANT; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCLERODERMA; SEPSIS; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

BACTEREMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEREMA NEONATORUM;

EID: 64149114783     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.01196.x     Document Type: Article

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