Effects of six-week clarithromycin therapy in corticosteroid-dependent asthma: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study

Current Therapeutic Research - Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Gotfried, Mark H ^a,b   Jung, Rose ^c   Messick, Chad R ^d   Rubinstein, Israel ^b   Garey, Kevin W ^e   Rodvold, Keith A ^b   Danziger, Larry H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d University of New Mexico   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

clarithromycin; corticosteroid dependent asthma; prednisone; steroid sparing effect

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NAUSEA; NOCTURNAL ASTHMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WHEEZING;

EID: 3242656323     PISSN: 0011393X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-393X(04)90000-8     Document Type: Article

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