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Dexamethasone in acute bacterial meningitis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Darren Nichols  and
Victor Jordan
Darren Nichols*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Calgary, Alta.
Victor Jordan*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Calgary, Alta.
*
dnichols@ualberta.ca
emdoctorj@hotmail.com

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Type
CJEM Journal Club • Club de lecture JCMU
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 5 , Issue 6 , November 2003 , pp. 412 - 415
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2003

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