Treatment of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis with fluconazole and itraconazole

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 128-130

  Rai, S P ^a   Panda, B N ^b   Bhargava, S ^c  

^a Military Hospital Namkum   (India)

^b DDMS   (India)

^c Department of Laboratory Medicine and Transfusion Medicine   (India)

Author keywords

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis; Fluconazole; Itraconazole

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; SIDE EFFECT; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 2342565781     PISSN: 03771237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-1237(04)80101-1     Document Type: Article

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