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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...
Autores principales: | Biering-Sørensen, Sofie, Andersen, Andreas, Ravn, Henrik, Monterio, Ivan, Aaby, Peter, Benn, Christine Stabell |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2015
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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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