Sore throat in primary care

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7719, 2009, Pages 467-

  Little, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; PLACEBO; STEROID;

ANALGESIA; ASEPTIC NECROSIS; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; EXUDATE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PAIN; PHARYNGITIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; STEROIDS;

EID: 69949093872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b2476     Document Type: Editorial

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