Significance of viral infections detected by reverse-transcriptase-multiplex PCR on hospital-related outcomes in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Lung India

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 667-668

  Mohan, Anant ^a   Uniyal, Arvind ^a   Chandra, Subhash ^a   Ozukum, Molu C ^a   Gaur, Bharti ^a   Broor, Shobha ^a   Upadhyaya, Kriti ^a   Ali, Ashraf ^a   Upadhyaya, Ashish ^a   Guleria, Randeep ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; HUMAN PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1; HUMAN PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 2; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LETTER; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84946021037     PISSN: 09702113     EISSN: 0974598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-2113.168098     Document Type: Letter

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