Is inhaled corticosteroid useful as adjunctive management in tuberculous pyrexia?

Drugs under Experimental and Clinical Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 179-184

  Yew, W W ^a   Chau, C H ^a   Lee, J ^a   Leung, C K ^a  

^a GRANTHAM HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; STEROID THERAPY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BUDESONIDE; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0032854189     PISSN: 03786501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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