Effect of inhaled fluticasone on lung function in infants with recurrent wheezing: a randomised controlled trial

Allergologia et Immunopathologia

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 57-62

  Mallol, Javier ^a   Aguirre, Viviana ^a   Barrueto, Luis ^a   Wandalsen, Gustavo ^a   Tepper, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Infants; Inhaled corticosteroids; Pulmonary function; wheezing

Indexed keywords

FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO; SALBUTAMOL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; PARALLEL DESIGN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPIROMETRY; WHEEZING;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANDROSTADIENES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG; MALE; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 66549103138     PISSN: 03010546     EISSN: 15781267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0546(09)71105-X     Document Type: Article

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