Corticosteroids for traumatic brain injury

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 515-517

  Bazarian, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID;

BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; META ANALYSIS;

BRAIN INJURIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036835521     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2002.128780     Document Type: Article

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