Intrapericardial streptokinase in purulent pericarditis

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 275-277

  Juneja, Rajnish ^a   Kothari, Shyam S ^a   Saxena, Anita ^a   Sharma, Rajesh ^b   Joshi, Anuradha ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Purulent pericarditis; Streptokinase

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; STREPTOKINASE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

EID: 0032978030     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.80.3.275     Document Type: Article

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