Clinical characteristics of acute lower respiratory tract infections due to 13 respiratory viruses detected by multiplex PCR in children

Korean Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 373-379

  Lim, Jeong Sook ^b   Woo, Sung Il ^c   Kwon, Hyuk Il ^a   Baek, Yun Hee ^a   Choi, Young Ki ^a   Hahn, Youn Soo ^b  

^a Department of Pediatrics Department of Microbiology ^*  (South Korea)

^b Chungbuk National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Chungbuk National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Respiratory tract infection; Respiratory virus; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951686664     PISSN: 17381061     EISSN: 20927258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3345/kjp.2010.53.3.373     Document Type: Article

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