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Oral corticosteroid use for clinical and cost-effective symptom relief of sore throat: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Management of acute sore throat poses a significant burden on UK general practices, with almost 10% of registered patients attending their GP with sore throat every year. Nearly half of all patients presenting with acute sore throat are treated with antibiotics, despite their limited eff...

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Autores principales: Cook, Johanna, Hayward, Gail, Thompson, Matthew, Hay, Alastair D, Moore, Michael, Little, Paul, Harman, Kim, Wolstenholme, Jane, Perera, Rafael, Voysey, Merryn, Allen, Julie, Breen, Maria, Heneghan, Carl
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4182852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25238785
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-15-365