Viral gastroenteritis in Saudi children.

Saudi Med J

Department of Pathology/Microbiology (32), College of Medicine, King Saud University and King Khalid University Hospital, PO Box 2925, Riyadh 11461, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Published: June 2005

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