ETIOLOGY OF PNEUMONIA.
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The Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) project is a 7-country, standardized, comprehensive evaluation of the etiologic agents causing severe pneumonia in children from developing countries. During previous etiology studies, between one-quarter and one-third of patients failed to yield an obvious etiology; PERCH will employ and evaluate previously unavailable innovative, more s...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet
سال: 1887
ISSN: 0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(00)30769-3