Risk factors of frequent exacerbations in difficult-to-treat asthma [5]

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1324-1325

  Butler, C ^a   Heaney, L G ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; NOTE; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 33750707548     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.06.00022606     Document Type: Letter

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