Remission of asthma: The next therapeutic frontier?

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-45

  Upham, John W ^a,b   James, Alan L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway hyper responsiveness; Asthma; Inflammation; Remission; Therapy

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 79951851495     PISSN: 01637258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2011.01.002     Document Type: Review

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