Predictors of symptom recurrence after low-dose inhaled corticosteroid cessation in mild persistent asthma

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 622-629

  Tonelli, Monica ^a,b   Bacci, E ^a   Dente, F L ^a   Bartoli, M L ^a   Cianchetti, S ^a   Di Franco, A ^a   Vagaggini, B ^a   Zingoni, M ^a   Paggiaro, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CISANELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthma; Predictors of recurrence; Sputum eosinophils; Treatment cessation

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; CORTICOSTEROID; METHACHOLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD PERSISTENT ASTHMA; PATIENT MONITORING; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPUTUM; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASTHMA; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33344478154     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2005.08.010     Document Type: Article

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