Respiratory syncytial virus-positive bronchiolitis in hospitalized infants is associated with thrombocytosis

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-41

  Bilavsky, Efraim ^a   Yarden Bilavsky, Havatzelet ^a   Shouval, Dror S ^a   Fisch, Naama ^a   Garty, Ben Zion ^a,b   Ashkenazi, Shai ^a   Amir, Jacob ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis; Respiratory syncytial virus; Thrombocytosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

BRONCHIOLITIS, VIRAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

EID: 76049100211     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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