Methotrexate in the treatment of corticodependent asthmatic children

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 126-130

  Sole D ^a,b   Costa Carvalho, B T ^a   Soares, F J P ^a   Rullo, V V ^a   Naspitz, C K ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asthma; Corticodependency; Corticosteroid sparing; Methotrexate; Severe asthma

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; CORTICOSTEROID; FOLIC ACID; LIVER ENZYME; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIROMETER; URINALYSIS; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; METHOTREXATE;

EID: 0029922006     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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