Diagnosis and treatment guidelines for difficult-to-control asthma in children;Guía de diagnóstico y tratamiento del asma de control difícil en el niño

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 548-567

  Navarro Merino, M ^a   Andres Martin A ^b   Asensio De La Cruz, O ^c   Garcia Garcia M L ^d   Linan Cortes S ^e   Villa Asensi, J R ^f  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALME   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE SABADELL   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^e Hospital de Nens de Barcelona   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL INFANTIL UNIVERSITARIO NIÑO JESÚS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Child asthma; Difficult to control asthma; Severe persistent asthma

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; BUDESONIDE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CYCLOSPORIN; FLUTICASONE; FORMOTEROL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEUKOTRIENE; LIDOCAINE; MEPOLIZUMAB; METHOTREXATE; MOMETASONE FUROATE; NITRIC OXIDE; OMALIZUMAB; PREDNISONE; ROFLUMILAST; SALMETEROL;

ASTHMA; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; COMORBIDITY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG LAVAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SPUTUM;

EID: 70450284510     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: 16959531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anpedi.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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