Comparative effects of hydrofluoroalkane and chlorofluorocarbon beclomethasone dipropionate inhalation on small airways: Assessment with functional helical thin-section computed tomography

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 1999, Pages

  Goldin, Jonathan G ^a   Tashkin, Donald P ^a   Kleerup, Eric C ^a   Greaser, Lloyd E ^a   Haywood, Ulrika M ^a   Sayre, James W ^a   Simmons, Michael D ^a   Suttorp, Marika ^a   Colice, Gene L ^b   Vanden Burgt, Jennifer A ^b   Aberle, Denise R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b 3M COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Beclomethasone diproprionate; Chlorofluorocarbon; Hydrofluoroalkane; Small airways; Thin section computed tomography

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0033407462     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-6749(99)70043-6     Document Type: Article

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