Sixteen years of croup in a Western Australian teaching hospital: Effects of routine steroid treatment

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 621-626

  Geelhoed, G C ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CROUP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029807775     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(96)70084-7     Document Type: Article

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