Clinical course and management of SARS in health care workers in Toronto: A case series

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 168, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1649-1660

  Avendano, Monica ^a   Derkach, Peter ^a   Swan, Susan ^a  

^a WEST PARK HEALTHCARE CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOFLOXACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; RIBAVIRIN; STEROID;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; MALE; PARESTHESIA; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SKIN TINGLING; TETANY;

EID: 0037707388     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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