Is there any point in a corticosteroid treatment of intermittent asthma?

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Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 1082-1089

  Stanković, Ivana ^a   Pejčić, Tatjana ^a   Milenković, Branislava ^a   Jovanović, Dragana ^a   Rančić, Milan ^a  

^a University Hospital   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Bronchial hyperresponsiveness; Inhaled corticosteroid; Intermittent asthma

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ALBUTEROL; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BECLOMETHASONE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447132851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2007.134     Document Type: Article

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