Fluticasone propionate 750 μg/day versus beclomethasone dipropionate 1500 μg/day: Comparison of efficacy and adrenal function in paediatric asthma

Thorax

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 656-661

  Fitzgerald, Dominic ^a,b   Van Asperen, Peter ^a   Mellis, Craig ^a   Honner, Mareea ^a   Smith, Lucia ^a   Ambler, Geoffry ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adrenal function; Asthma; Beclomethasone; Fluticasone; Randomised trial

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; CORTICOTROPIN; FLUTICASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; INHALATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0031817721     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.53.8.656     Document Type: Article

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