A patient with asthma seeks medical advice in 1828, 1928, and 2012

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 827-834

  Von Mutius, Erika ^a   Drazen, Jeffrey M ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; BUDESONIDE PLUS FORMOTEROL; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE PLUS SALMETEROL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LORATADINE; MONTELUKAST; OMALIZUMAB; THEOPHYLLINE; TIOTROPIUM BROMIDE; ZILEUTON;

ASTHMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATION; DYSPNEA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERNET; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SKIN TEST;

EID: 84857825618     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1102783     Document Type: Review

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