The viral aetiology of croup and recurrent croup

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 359-360

  Wall, S R ^a   Wat, D ^a   Spiller, O B ^a   Gelder, C M ^b   Kotecha, S ^a   Doull, I J M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOSE SMEAR; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; ACUTE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROUP; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; NASOPHARYNX; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROUP; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 65649144196     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.142984     Document Type: Article

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