Corticosteroids added to antibiotic therapy aid pain resolution in adults with sore throat, particularly severe or exudative sore throat

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Warren McIsaac. Evid Based Med. 2010 Feb.

. 2010 Feb;15(1):24-5.

doi: 10.1136/ebm.15.1.24.

¹ Granovsky-Gluskin Family Medicine Centre, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 3L9. wmcisaac@mtsinai.on.ca

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