Comparison of high dose inhaled steroids, low dose inhaled steroids plus low dose theophylline, and low dose inhaled steroids alone in chronic asthma in general practice

Thorax

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 837-841

  Lim, Sam ^a   Jatakanon, Anon ^a   Gordon, David ^b   Macdonald, Christopher ^b   Chung, Kian Fan ^a   Barnes, Peter J ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Napp Laboratories Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Dosage; General practice; Inhaled corticosteroids; Theophylline

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; BECLOMETHASONE; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; THEOPHYLLINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033802295     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.55.10.837     Document Type: Article

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