Management of croup.
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Management of childhood croup.
Croup (laryngotracheobronchitis) is a common childhood croup in the home setting, particularly as the reduction in anxiety which both child and parent experience may be illness with a peak incidence of 60 per 1000 child-years in those aged between one and two years. 1 More severe cases clinically useful, but it should be recognised that this is almost certainly a placebo effect and there is no ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.63.11.1305