Inhaled fluticasone reduces sputum inflammatory indices in severe bronchiectasis

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 723-727

  Tsang, Kenneth W T ^a   Ho, Pak Leung ^a   Lam, Wah Kit ^a   Ip, Mary S M ^a   Chan, Kwok Ning ^a   Ho, Chu Sek ^a   Ooi, Clara C G ^a   Yuen, Kwok Y ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BECLOMETASONE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN; DIURETIC AGENT; FLUTICASONE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEUKOTRIENE B4; PLACEBO; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0031721046     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.158.3.9710090     Document Type: Article

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