Randomised controlled trial of amoxycillin clavulanate in children with chronic wet cough

Thorax

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 689-693

  Marchant, Julie ^a,b   Masters, Ian Brent ^a   Champion, Anita ^a   Petsky, Helen ^a   Chang, Anne B ^a,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CHRONIC COUGH; CHRONIC WET COUGH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOMITING;

EID: 84863994654     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201506     Document Type: Article

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