Corticosteroid unresponsiveness in asthma: Primary or acquired?

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-61

  Payne, Donald N R ^a   Hubbard, Melissa ^a   McKenzie, Sheila A ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid unresponsiveness; Steroid resistant; Steroid sensitive

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; PREDNISOLONE; SALBUTAMOL; SALMETEROL;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SCHOOL CHILD; THERAPY RESISTANCE; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ASTHMA; BIOPSY; BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-5; MALE; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0031913720     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199801)25:1<59::AID-PPUL7>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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