The role of betamethasone in the treatment of acute exudative pharyngitis

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 567-572

  Marvez Valls, Eduardo G ^a,d   Ernst, Amy A ^b,c   Gray, Jon ^a   Johnson, William D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Betamethasone; Corticosteroids; Emergency department; Pharyngitis

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031800983     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1998.tb02462.x     Document Type: Article

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