Early BCG vaccine to low-birth-weight infants and the effects on growth in the first year of life: a randomised controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Randomised trials have shown that early Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine reduces overall neonatal and infant mortality. However, no study has examined how BCG affects growth. We investigated the effect on infant growth of early BCG vaccine given to low-birth-weight (LBW) infants. ME...

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Autores principales: Biering-Sørensen, Sofie, Andersen, Andreas, Ravn, Henrik, Monterio, Ivan, Aaby, Peter, Benn, Christine Stabell
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4587923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26416147
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-015-0452-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4587923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26416147
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-015-0452-2

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