Corticosteroids and Risk of Complicated Varicella-Reply

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1314-

  Patel, Hema ^a   Macarthur, Colin ^a   Johnson, David ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CHICKENPOX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEROID THERAPY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0029950433     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1996.02170370092021     Document Type: Letter

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