Long-term effectiveness of a staged assessment for paediatric problematic severe asthma

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 264-267

  Sharples, James ^a,b   Gupta, Atul ^b   Fleming, Louise ^b   Bossley, Cara J ^b   Bracken King, Marcella ^a   Hall, Pippa ^a   Hayward, Abigail ^a   Puckey, Michelle ^a   Balfour Lynn, Ian M ^b   Rosenthal, M ^b   Bush, Andrew ^b   Saglani, Sejal ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHOTREXATE;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INHALER; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEMATIC SEVERE ASTHMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEVERE THERAPY RESISTANT ASTHMA; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 84863499891     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00209511     Document Type: Letter

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