Abstract:
:The reasons for comparatively low infant mortality rates in the Indian state of Kerala are examined. The importance of improvements in education and in the health care delivery system is stressed.
journal_name
Indian J Pediatrjournal_title
Indian journal of pediatricsauthors
Philip Edoi
10.1007/BF02751009subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1985-09-01 00:00:00pages
439-43issue
418eissn
0019-5456issn
0973-7693journal_volume
52pub_type
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journal_title:Indian journal of pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi:10.1007/s12098-009-0246-3
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doi:10.1007/s12098-010-0176-0
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journal_title:Indian journal of pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF02832994
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Indian journal of pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF02722377
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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abstract::Stem cell transplantation and cord blood banking have received much popularity among general public and medical professionals in the recent past. But information about the scientific aspects, its utility and limitations is incomplete amongst laypersons as well as many medical practitioners. Stem cells differ from all ...
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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abstract::Immunoglobulin isotypes (IgG, IgA, IgM, IgD, IgE) in serum were investigated in 64 Libyan children with mild to moderately severe asthma (age: 1-12 years; sex: 39 males, 25 females) (Group A) and in 57 healthy Libyan children (age: 1-12 years; sex: 30 males, 27 females (Group B). The patients were classified according...
journal_title:Indian journal of pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF02845519
更新日期:1999-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Indian journal of pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF02753560
更新日期:1994-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Indian journal of pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF02830841
更新日期:2004-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Indian journal of pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s12098-008-0017-6
更新日期:2008-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Indian journal of pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF02726014
更新日期:2002-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Indian journal of pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s12098-014-1536-y
更新日期:2015-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To compare lung function in wheezy infants, with risk factors of asthma and with some immunological parameters which may be useful as predictors of subsequent asthma. METHODS:The data of 241 infants aged 5–36 mo, with recurrent wheeze (≥3 episodes of physician confirmed wheeze) prior to receiving inhaled cor...
journal_title:Indian journal of pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s12098-012-0694-z
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journal_title:Indian journal of pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF02859293
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journal_title:Indian journal of pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s12098-019-03177-y
更新日期:2020-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Indian journal of pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF02731732
更新日期:2005-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Indian journal of pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF02731055
更新日期:1998-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To describe the clinico-bacteriological profile, and early outcomes of infants diagnosed with Group B streptococcus (GBS) meningitis. METHODS:This was a retrospective review of infants (aged 1 mo to 2 y) diagnosed with GBS meningitis in a tertiary care hospital in New Delhi from October 2010 through January...
journal_title:Indian journal of pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s12098-013-1157-x
更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Castleman's disease is an atypical lymphoproliferative disorder having two types of presentation--the localized and the multicentric form. The localized form presents as a slowly growing mass with a relatively benign course. Multicentric Castleman's disease has a more aggressive clinical course with diffuse lymph node...
journal_title:Indian journal of pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/s12098-007-0210-z
更新日期:2007-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To determine the safety and efficacy of off label usage of Recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) in children with severe bleeding in non-hemophiliac children with diverse etiologies like leukemia, post hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, dengue shock syndrome and Glanzmann thrombasthenia. METHOD:Med...
journal_title:Indian journal of pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s12098-011-0364-6
更新日期:2011-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the use of umbilical cord blood culture (UCBC) as compared to neonatal blood culture (NBC) in the diagnosis of early onset neonatal sepsis (EONS). METHODS:This hospital based prospective observational study was conducted in the Department of Pediatrics and Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology a...
journal_title:Indian journal of pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s12098-020-03345-5
更新日期:2020-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Indian journal of pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/s12098-019-02946-z
更新日期:2019-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Indian journal of pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/BF02724120
更新日期:2004-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Indian journal of pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s12098-009-0178-y
更新日期:2009-08-01 00:00:00