Short courses of high-dose inhaled budesonide and serum IgG subclass levels in healthy volunteers

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 97, Issue 1 I, 1996, Pages 113-118

  Van Schoor, Jan ^a   Toogood, John H ^b   Pauwels, Romain A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

asthma; budesonide; IgG subclasses; inhaled glucocorticosteroids

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; BUDESONIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030064842     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(96)70289-0     Document Type: Article

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