Pidotimod may prevent recurrent respiratory infections in children

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 363-367

  Licari, A ^a   De Amici, M ^a   Nigrisoli, S ^a   Marseglia, A ^a   Caimmi, S ^a   Artusio, L ^a   Marseglia, G L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Child; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; PIDOTIMOD; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; PYROGLUTAMIC ACID; THIAZOLIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARALLEL DESIGN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PYRROLIDONECARBOXYLIC ACID; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; THIAZOLIDINES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84923619671     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: 18271715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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