S-carboxymethylcysteine in the treatment of glue ear: Quantitative systematic review

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 2, Issue , 2001, Pages 1-7

  Moore, Robert Andrew ^a   Commins, Dermot ^b   Bates, Grant ^b   Phillips, Ceri J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOCISTEINE; PLACEBO; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; EMBASE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; MUCOID OTITIS MEDIA; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RASH; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOMITING; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CARBOCYSTEINE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0038361606     PISSN: 14712296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-2-3     Document Type: Review

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