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Zinc as an adjunct therapy in the management of severe pneumonia among Gambian children: randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: The benefit of zinc as an adjunct therapy for severe pneumonia is not established. We assessed the benefit of adjunct zinc therapy for severe pneumonia in children and determined whether the study children were zinc deficient. METHODS: This was a randomized, parallel group, double-blind,...

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Autores principales: Howie, Stephen, Bottomley, Christian, Chimah, Osaretin, Ideh, Readon, Ebruke, Bernard, Okomo, Uduak, Onyeama, Charles, Donkor, Simon, Rodrigues, Onike, Tapgun, Mary, Janneh, Marie, Oluwalana, Claire, Kuti, Bankole, Enwere, Godwin, Esangbedo, Pamela, Doherty, Conor, Mackenzie, Grant, Greenwood, Brian, Corrah, Tumani, Prentice, Andrew, Adegbola, Richard, Zaman, Syed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Edinburgh University Global Health Society 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5908397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29713463
http://dx.doi.org/10.7189/jogh.08.010418