INTENSIVE VITAMIN THERAPY IN MEASLES
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Vitamin a supplementation of vitamin a deficient measles patients lowers the risk of measles-related pneumonia in zambian children.
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1932
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.3745.708