Acute rheumatic fever: Whither steroids?

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 363-367

  Naik, Nitish ^a   Bahl, V K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ACUTE DISEASE; CARDITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DRUG INDICATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RHEUMATIC FEVER;

ACUTE DISEASE; HUMANS; INDIA; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; STEROIDS;

EID: 0036663373     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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