Efficacy and safety of fluticasone propionate hydrofluoroalkane inhalation aerosol in four- to eleven-year-old children with asthma: A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study

Pediatric Asthma, Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 106-117

  Levy, Arden L ^a   Given, John T ^b   Weinstein, Steven F ^c   Kent Jr , Edward F ^d   Clements, Diane S ^e   Wu, Wei ^e   Scott, Catherine A ^e   Crim, Courtney ^e  

^a Spartanburg Pharmaceutical Research ^*  (United States)

^b Allergy and Respiratory Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Timber Lane Allergy and Asthma Research LLC ^*  (United States)

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO; SALBUTAMOL;

AEROSOL; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METERED DOSE INHALER; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINUSITIS; SYMPTOM; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THROAT IRRITATION; THRUSH;

EID: 33745686484     PISSN: 08831874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pai.2006.19.106     Document Type: Article

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