Clinical outcomes of steroid-insensitive asthma

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-60

  Wamboldt, Frederick S ^a,b   Spahn, Joseph D ^b,c   Klinnert, Mary D ^a,b   Wamboldt, Marianne Z ^a,b   Gavin, Leslie A ^a,b   Szefler, Stanley J ^a,b,c   Leung, Donald Y M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STEROID INSENSITIVITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033511894     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)63513-2     Document Type: Article

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