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Survey of Japanese infants younger than 3 months who were treated with oseltamivir for influenza: Safety of oseltamivir treatment

Ichiro MoriokaDepartment of Pediatrics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, KobeCorrespondence[email protected]
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Shigeaki NonoyamaDepartment of Pediatrics, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa
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Keiko Tanaka-TayaInfectious Diseases Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
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Toshiaki IharaDepartment of Pediatrics, Mie National Hospital, Tsu
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Norio SugayaDepartment of Pediatrics, Keiyu Hospital, Yokohama
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Ikuya UetaShizuoka Children's Hospital, Shizuoka
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Takuji KumagaiKumagai Pediatric Clinic, Sapporo
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Kenji OkadaDepartment of Pediatrics, Fukuoka National Hospital, Fukuoka
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Mitsuaki HosoyaDepartment of Pediatrics, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima
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Nobuhiko OkabeInfectious Diseases Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
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Tsuneo MorishimaDepartment of Pediatrics, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
& For The Committee For The Control AND Prevention Of Influenza Of The JAPAN Pediatric Society show all
Pages 605-609 | Received 24 Oct 2011, Accepted 22 Feb 2012, Published online: 12 Apr 2012

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