Linear growth and bone maturation are unaffected by 1 year of therapy with inhaled flunisolide hydrofluoroalkane in prepubescent children with mild persistent asthma: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 323-329

  Bensch, George W ^a   Greos, Leon S ^b   Gawchik, Sandra ^c   Kpamegan, Euloge ^d   Newman, Kenneth B ^e  

^a Allergy Immunology and Asthma Medical Group Inc   (United States)

^b Respiratory Institute   (United States)

^c Asthma and Allergy Research Associates   (United States)

^d NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^e Acton Pharmaceuticals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUNISOLIDE; FLUNISOLIDE HYDROFLUOROALKANE; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; BONE AGE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE MATURATION; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; GENDER; GROWTH RATE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD PERSISTENT ASTHMA; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARALLEL DESIGN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THRUSH; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLUOCINOLONE ACETONIDE; GROWTH; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PLACEBOS;

EID: 80053379973     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2011.07.017     Document Type: Article

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