Epidemiology of intussusception in children : national surveillance and use of record linkage to validate the incidence, and study of incidence trends
Introduction: Intussusception (IS), an abdominal emergency in young children, has been linked to rotavirus vaccines used to prevent rotavirus gastroenteritis. We aimed to determine the pre-vaccination incidence of IS among infants in the United Kingdom (UK) and Republic of Ireland (ROI) in 2008-2009...
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University College London (University of London)
2014
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Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631897 |