Complications and outcome of neonatal tetanus

Pakistan Paediatric Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 126-131

  Shah, Azher Abbas ^a,b   Ali, Agha Shabbir ^a   Hussain, Rana Rashid ^a   Hussain, Abid ^a   Saeed, Anjum ^a   Butt, Tayyaba Khawar ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Opisthotonos; Rigidity; Tetanus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CASE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN TETANUS; OPISTHOTONUS; PAKISTAN; PREMATURITY; PROGNOSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SUCKING; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 77953403920     PISSN: 03044904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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