Anti-inflammatory treatment for carditis in acute rheumatic fever

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Cilliers, Antoinette ^a   Manyemba, Juliet ^b   Saloojee, Haroon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Clinical Age Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory agents *therapeutic use ; Aspirin therapeutic use ; Humans; Immunoglobulins, intravenous therapeutic use ; Mesh check words; Myocarditis *drug therapy ; Randomized controlled trials as topic; Rheumatic heart disease *drug therapy ; Steroids

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTISONE; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE;

CARDITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 77950112526     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003176     Document Type: Review

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