Rotavirus vaccination and intussusception - Act two

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 2354-2355

  Greenberg, Harry B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DIARRHEA; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 79959301689     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1105302     Document Type: Editorial

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