Safety and efficacy of roxithromycin in patients with upper respiratory tract infections

Current Therapeutic Research - Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 57, Issue 13 SUPPL. A, 1996, Pages 79-86

  Barreto, Demostenes Gómez ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROXITHROMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; TONSILLITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VERTIGO;

EID: 10344248678     PISSN: 0011393X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-393X(96)80104-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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