Theophylline again? Reasons for believing

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-6

  Cosio, B G ^a,b   Soriano, J B ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c Program of Epidemiology and Clinical Research CIMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BECLOMETASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; THEOPHYLLINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADD ON THERAPY; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SMOKING HABIT; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOSIS;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASPIRIN; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; PULMONARY MEDICINE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; THEOPHYLLINE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 69249123776     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00011309     Document Type: Editorial

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