Dexamethasone in laryngeal diphtheritic croup

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-23

  Havaldar, P V ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; PENICILLIN G;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CROUP; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LARYNX STENOSIS; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; TOXEMIA; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0031048530     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1997.11747858     Document Type: Article

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