The Management of Tetanus 1996

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 107-115

  Sanders, R K M ^a  

^a 20 Woodberry Gardens ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CHLORPROMAZINE; DANTROLENE; DIAZEPAM; HYDROCORTISONE; MORPHINE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PETHIDINE; PREDNISOLONE; TETANUS ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HUMAN; NEWBORN TETANUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SEDATION; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOUND DRESSING;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TETANUS; TETANUS ANTITOXIN; TETANUS TOXOID;

EID: 0029945252     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947559602600306     Document Type: Article

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