Glycerol and dexamethasone in bacterial meningitis in low-income countries: Response to the editorial commentary by Sáez-Llorens and McCracken Jr.

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 732-733

  Singhi, Sunit ^a   Singhi, Pratibha ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLYCEROL; PLACEBO;

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CORTICOSTEROID RELEASE; ETHICS; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DEXAMETHASONE; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 49449084284     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/590971     Document Type: Letter

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