Use of sequential quadrupling dose regimens to study efficacy of inhaled corticosteroids in asthma

Thorax

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-25

  Phillips, K ^a,b   Oborne, J ^b   Harrison, T W ^b   Tattersfield, A E ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; BUDESONIDE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0347319041     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2003.015289     Document Type: Article

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