An update of paediatric intussusception incidence in Singapore: 1997-2007, 11 Years of intussusception surveillance

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 690-692

  Tan, Nancy ^a   Teoh, Yee Leong ^b,e   Phua, Kong Boo ^a   Quak, Seng Hock ^c   Lee, Bee Wah ^d   Teo, Harvey James E L ^a   Jacobsen, Anette ^a   Boudville, Irving Charles ^b   Ng, Timothy ^b   Verstraeten, Thomas ^b   Bock, Hans Ludwig ^b  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS   (Belgium)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d MOUNT ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Singapore)

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Incidence; Rotarix; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

CHILD; CHILD DEATH; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTUSSUSCEPTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; MALE; NEWBORN; SINGAPORE; TIME; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTAVIRUS VACCINES; SINGAPORE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69949156092     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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