Pediatric Neurology
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 288-294 , October 2003

Neonatal bacterial meningitis in southern taiwan

  • Chin-Jung Chang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Neurology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Wen-Neng Chang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung, , Kaohsiung,Taiwan
    • ,
  • Li-Tung Huang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Neurology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Song-Chei Huang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Neurology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ying-Chao Chang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Neurology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Pi-Lien Hung, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Neurology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Chin-Yen Tasi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Neurology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Cheng-Hsien Lu, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung, , Kaohsiung,Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to: Dr. Lu; Department of Neurology; Chang Gung Memorial Hospital; 123 Ta Pei Road; Niao Sung Hsiang, Kaohsiung Hsien; Taiwan.
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  • Ben-Chung Cheng, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung,, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Ping-Yu Lee, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacy, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hsueh-Wen Chang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Science, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Received 5 November 2002 ,Accepted 15 April 2003.

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Pediatric Neurology
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 288-294 , October 2003

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