Esomeprazole for asthma [7]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 361, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 206-208

  Hsu, Ching Sheng ^a   Kao, Jia Horng ^b  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESOMEPRAZOLE; OMEPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LETTER; PH MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ACID ASPIRATION; NOTE; PH; DISEASE CONTROL; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; INFLAMMATION; STOMACH ACID;

ASTHMA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OMEPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS; RESPIRATORY ASPIRATION; GASTRIC ACID;

EID: 67650506318     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc090990     Document Type: Letter

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