Antiviral treatment of influenza in children: A retrospective cohort study

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 735-750

  Shi, Lizheng ^a   Loveless, Mark ^b   Spagnuolo, Philip ^c   Zhang, Mengxi ^a   Liu, Shuqian ^a   Liu, Jinan ^a   Xu, Yaping ^b   Chen, Er ^b   Han, Jian ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiviral; Children; Influenza

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPLICATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PANDEMIC; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PANDEMICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84905905167     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: 18658652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12325-014-0136-6     Document Type: Article

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