Acute and chronic diarrhea in children: back to the basics again

Jin-Bok Hwang

doi:10.5124/jkma.2012.55.6.513

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Hwang: Acute and chronic diarrhea in children: back to the basics again

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Diarrheal Disease in Children

Journal of the Korean Medical Association

Journal of the Korean Medical Association 2012; 55(6): 513-515.

Published online: June 14, 2012

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5124/jkma.2012.55.6.513

Acute and chronic diarrhea in children: back to the basics again

Jin-Bok Hwang, MD

Department of Pediatrics, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.

Corresponding author: Jin-Bok Hwang, pedgi@kmu.ac.kr

Received May 20, 2012 Accepted May 30, 2012

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