Pediatric Neurology
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 149-154 , March 2005

Recent advances in infant botulism

  • Christine K. Fox, MD

      Affiliations

    • UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, California; and
    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to: Dr. Strober; Assistant Clinical Professor, Neurology and Pediatrics; UCSF, Division of Child Neurology; 500 Parnassus Avenue; Box 0136; San Francisco, CA 94143-0136.
    • ,
  • Corinne A. Keet, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, California; and
    • ,
  • Jonathan B. Strober, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Child Neurology, Department of Neurology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California.

Received 29 June 2004 ,Accepted 21 October 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2004.10.001

Pediatric Neurology
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 149-154 , March 2005

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