Tianeptine: A New Exploratory Therapy for Asthma [1] (multiple letters)

Chest

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 348-349

  Lechin, Fuad ^a   Van Der Dijs, Bertha ^a   Lechin, Alex E ^b,c   Boushey, Homer A ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSPIRONE; CATECHOLAMINE; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TIANEPTINE;

ASTHMA; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG FUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROTONIN UPTAKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642493877     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.125.1.348     Document Type: Letter

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