Single dose of betamethasone in combined medical treatment of secretory otitis media

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 359-363

  Hemlin, Claes ^a   Carenfelt, Christer ^a   Papatziamos, Georgios ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

betamethasone; cephalosporin; secretory otitis media

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CEFIXIME;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STOMACH PAIN; TYMPANOMETRY; VOMITING;

EID: 0030993280     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949710600501     Document Type: Article

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