Update on asthma management

Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 280, Issue 7492, 2008, Pages 283-286

  Murphy, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE PLUS FORMOTEROL; CLENIL MODULITE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE PLUS SALMETEROL; FORMOTEROL; GOLD; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; METHOTREXATE; OMALIZUMAB; PLACEBO; SALBUTAMOL; SALMETEROL; STEROID; TERBUTALINE; THEOPHYLLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADD ON THERAPY; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EVENING DOSAGE; HUMAN; INHALER; METERED DOSE INHALER; MORNING DOSAGE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST; SELF CARE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 40749134109     PISSN: 00316873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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