Management of severe asthma in children

The Lancet

Volumn 376, Issue 9743, 2010, Pages 814-825

  Bush, Andrew ^a   Saglani, Sejal ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AZATHIOPRINE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE PLUS FORMOTEROL; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; ITRACONAZOLE; METHOTREXATE; OMALIZUMAB; TERBUTALINE; TOBACCO SMOKE; VORICONAZOLE;

ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD ALLERGY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; RHINOSINUSITIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOCAL CORD DISORDER;

EID: 77956366627     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61054-9     Document Type: Review

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