Choice of a medication to treat asthma: Is an improvement in symptoms sufficient for deciding?

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 832-833

  Strunk, Robert C ^a,c   Korenblat, Phillip E ^b,c  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUTICASONE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MONTELUKAST;

ASTHMA; DRUG CHOICE; EDITORIAL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0036911990     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2002.130284     Document Type: Editorial

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