Short-term growth in asthmatic children using fluticasone propionate

Chest

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 584-586

  Visser, Martin J ^a   Van Aalderen, Wim M C ^a   Elliott, Barbara M ^a   Odink, Roelof J ^a   Brand, Paul L P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Fluticasone propionate; Growth; Inhaled corticosteroids; Knemometry

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG LENGTH; LOWER LEG; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0031888556     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.3.584     Document Type: Article

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