Effects of early corticosteroid treatment on plasma SARS-associated Coronavirus RNA concentrations in adult patients

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 304-309

  Lee, Nelson ^a   Allen Chan, K C ^a   Hui, David S ^a   Ng, Enders K O ^a   Wu, Alan ^a   Chiu, Rossa W K ^a   Wong, Vincent W S ^a   Chan, Paul K S ^a   Wong, K T ^a   Wong, Eric ^b   Cockram, C S ^a   Tam, John S ^a   Sung, Joseph J Y ^a   Lo, Y M Dennis ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid; Plasma viral load; SARS

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STEROID THERAPY; VIRUS CONCENTRATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; CORONAVIRUS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; SARS VIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 5644261635     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2004.07.006     Document Type: Article

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