Comparison of antipyretic effect of nimesulide and paracetamol in children attending a secondary level hospital

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 473-477

  Kapoor, S K ^a   Sharma, Jyoti ^a   Batra, Bobby ^a   Paul, Eldho ^a   Anand, K ^a   Sharma, Deepika ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Panacea Biotec Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIMESULIDE; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; SULFONAMIDES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036111946     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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