Effects of short-term treatment with atorvastatin in smokers with asthma - a randomized controlled trial

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Braganza, Georgina ^a   Chaudhuri, Rekha ^a   McSharry, Charles ^a   Weir, Christopher J ^b   Donnelly, Iona ^a   Jolly, Lisa ^a   Lafferty, Jane ^a   Lloyd, Suzanne M ^c   Spears, Mark ^a   Mair, Frances ^c   Thomson, Neil C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; PLACEBO; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BECLOMETASONE; HEPTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COMBINATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ASTHMA; BECLOMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; HUMANS; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PYRROLES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953714887     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-11-16     Document Type: Article

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