Corticosteroids in the treatment of tuberculous pleurisy: A double- blind, placebo-controlled, randomized study

Chest

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 333-338

  Wyser, Christoph ^a,b   Walzl, Gerhard ^a   Smedema, Jan P ^a   Swart, François ^a   Van Schalkwyk, Emmerentia M ^a   Van De Wal, Bernard W ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

computed tomography; lung function testing; prednisone; therapeutic aspiration; thoracoscopy; tuberculous pleurisy

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

EID: 0029782352     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.110.2.333     Document Type: Article

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