PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL OF INTRAVENOUS PENICILLIN FOR SEVERE AND LATE LEPTOSPIROSIS

The Lancet

Volumn 331, Issue 8583, 1988, Pages 433-435

  Watt, George ^a,b   Linda Tuazon, MA ^a,b   Santiago, Edna ^a,b   Padre, LaurenaP ^a,b   Calubaquib, Carmen ^a,b   Ranoa, CatherineP ^a,b   Laughlin, LarryW ^a,b  

^a Nav Med Res Unit No 2 Detachment   (Philippines)

^b San Lazaro Hospital ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEPTOSPIROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; CLINICAL TRIALS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PENICILLIN G; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; WEIL DISEASE;

EID: 0023835924     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(88)91230-5     Document Type: Article

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