Benefits and risks of antipyretic therapy

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 856, Issue , 1998, Pages 214-223

  Mackowiak, Philip A ^a,c   Plaisance, Karen I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PHENOBARBITAL;

BODY TEMPERATURE; CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORE TEMPERATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION; METABOLISM; REYE SYNDROME; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031771003     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb08328.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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