Treatment of mild to moderate sinusitis

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 510-513

  Smith, Stephen R ^a   Montgomery, Lynda G ^b   Williams, John W ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ACUTE SINUSITIS; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

EID: 84858975890     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.253     Document Type: Article

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