Corticosteroids for sore throat: a clinical practice guideline
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Corticosteroids for sore throat: a clinical practice guideline
Bert Aertgeerts, 2 Thomas Agoritsas, 4 Reed A C Siemieniuk, 5 Jako Burgers, 7 Geertruida E Bekkering, 2 Arnaud Merglen, Mieke van Driel, Mieke Vermandere, Dominique Bullens, 11 Patrick Mbah Okwen, Ricardo Niño, Ann van den Bruel, 15 Lyubov Lytvyn, Carla Berg-Nelson, 18 Shunjie Chua, Jack Leahy, Jennifer Raven, Michael Weinberg, Behnam Sadeghirad, 23 Per O Vandvik, 24 Romina Brignardello-Peterse...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0959-8138,1756-1833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j4090