Randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial of penicillin V and amoxycillin in treatment of acute sinus infections in adults

British Medical Journal

Volumn 313, Issue 7053, 1996, Pages 325-329

  Lindbæk, Morten ^a   Hjortdahl, Per ^a   Johnsen, Ulf L H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN V;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINUSITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMOXICILLIN; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENICILLIN V; PENICILLINS; PLACEBOS; SINUSITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029787947     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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