Infectious mononucleosis and corticosteroids. Management practices and outcomes

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 900-904

  Thompson, Scott K ^a   Doerr, Timothy D ^a   Hengerer, Arthur S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH VISITOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INCIDENCE; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TONSIL DISEASE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26844449534     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.131.10.900     Document Type: Review

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