Dexamethasone for acute bacterial meningitis in adults;Dexamethason til voksne med akut bakteriel meningitis

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 243-244

  Moller K ^a   Pedersen, S S ^a   Skinhoj P ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; SHORT SURVEY;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0037434160     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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