To the editor: RhDNase in acute asthma

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 316-317

  Puterman, A S ^a   Weinberg, E G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DORNASE ALFA; FENOTEROL; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; PREDNISONE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNASE1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; EXPECTORANT AGENT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA CONTENT; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LETTER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEBULIZER; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE DISEASE; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ASTHMA; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; EXPECTORANTS; HUMANS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0031111162     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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