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Vitamin A for treating measles in children

  1. Hui Ming Yang*,
  2. Meng Mao,
  3. Chaomin Wan

Editorial Group: Cochrane Acute Respiratory Infections Group

Published Online: 8 JUL 2009

Assessed as up-to-date: 28 FEB 2011

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001479.pub3

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Yang HM, Mao M, Wan C. Vitamin A for treating measles in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD001479. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001479.pub3.

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  1. West China Second University Hospital, West China Women's and Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

*Hui Ming Yang, Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, West China Women's and Children's Hospital, No. 17, Section Three, Ren Min Nan Lu Avenue, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China. yanghuiming03@163.com. yang_huiming@hotmail.com.

Publication History

  1. Publication Status: New search for studies and content updated (no change to conclusions)
  2. Published Online: 8 JUL 2009

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[Figure 1]
Figure 1. Risk of bias graph: review authors' judgements about each risk of bias item presented as percentages across all included studies.
[Figure 2]
Figure 2. Risk of bias summary: review authors' judgements about each risk of bias item for each included study.
[Analysis 1.1]
Analysis 1.1. Comparison 1 Vitamin A versus placebo, Outcome 1 Mortality.
[Analysis 1.2]
Analysis 1.2. Comparison 1 Vitamin A versus placebo, Outcome 2 Morbidity (dichotomous data).
[Analysis 1.3]
Analysis 1.3. Comparison 1 Vitamin A versus placebo, Outcome 3 Morbidity (continuous data).
[Analysis 1.4]
Analysis 1.4. Comparison 1 Vitamin A versus placebo, Outcome 4 Morbidity (single-study outcomes).
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