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Original Papers

Acute Diarrhea and Malnutrition: Lethality Risk in Hospitalized Infants

Ulysses Fagundes-Neto Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Umberto I Hospital, São Paulo Federal University/Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, BRAZIL
, MD, PhD &
Jacy A.B.de Andrade Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Umberto I Hospital, São Paulo Federal University/Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, BRAZIL
, MD, PhD
Pages 303-308 | Received 01 Jan 1999, Accepted 01 May 1999, Published online: 07 Jun 2013

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