Corticosteroids for parasitic eosinophilic meningitis

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Thanaviratananich, Sikawat ^a   Thanaviratananich, Sanguansak ^b   Ngamjarus, Chetta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EOSINOPHILIC MENINGITIS; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PARASITIC INFECTIONS; EOSINOPHILIA; MENINGITIS;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PARASITIC INFECTIONS; EOSINOPHILIA; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MENINGITIS; PREDNISOLONE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84934312498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009088.pub3     Document Type: Review

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