The effectiveness of glucocorticoids in treating croup: Meta-analysis

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 227-232

  Ausejo, Monica ^a   Saenz, Antonio ^a   Pham, Ba' ^a   Moher, David ^a   Chalmers, Thomas C ^a   Kellner, James D ^b   Johnson, David W ^b   Klassen, Terry P ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c 2C367 Walter C Mackenzie Hlth S ^*  (Canada)

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