Inhaled corticosteroids and Churg-Strauss syndrome: A report of five cases

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 978-981

  Le Gall, C ^a   Pham, S ^a   Vignes, S ^c   Garcia, G ^a   Nunes, H ^a   Fichet, D ^b   Simonneau, G ^a   Duroux, P ^a   Humbert, M ^a  

^a Serv Pneumol Reanim   (France)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Hop Antoine Béclère ^*

Author keywords

Asthma; Churg Strauss syndrome; Corticosteroids; Inhaled corticosteroids

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUTICASONE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PEPTIDOLEUKOTRIENE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS VASCULITIS; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; ASTHMA; CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034080843     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.2000.15e29.x     Document Type: Article

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