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Asthma and Pneumonia among Children Less Than Five Years with Acute Respiratory Symptoms in Mulago Hospital, Uganda: Evidence of Under-Diagnosis of Asthma
BACKGROUND: Pneumonia is considered the major cause of mortality among children with acute respiratory disease in low-income countries but may be over-diagnosed at the cost of under-diagnosing asthma. We report the magnitude of asthma and pneumonia among “under-fives” with cough and difficulty breat...
Autores principales: | Nantanda, Rebecca, Tumwine, James K., Ndeezi, Grace, Ostergaard, Marianne S. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3843700/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24312321 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081562 |
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