Inhaled corticosteroid dose reduction in childhood asthma: Is nitrosopnea informative?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1065-1066

  Gaston, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NITRIC OXIDE;

ASTHMA; BREATHING DISORDER; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EDITORIAL; EOSINOPHILIA; EXPIRED AIR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERNITROSOPNEA; LUNG FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREATH TESTS; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG MONITORING; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; SPUTUM;

EID: 18644369412     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2502003     Document Type: Editorial

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