Growth of prepubertal children with mild asthma treated with inhaled beclomethasone dipropionate

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 1715-1719

  Doull, Iolo J M ^a   Freezer, Nicholas J ^a   Holgate, Stephen T ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GROWTH REGULATION; GROWTH RETARDATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0029046176     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.151.6.7767512     Document Type: Article

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