Statin use and asthma control in patients with severe asthma

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Zeki, Amir A ^a   Oldham, Justin ^a   Wilson, Machelle ^a   Fortenko, Olga ^a   Goyal, Vishal ^a   Last, Michael ^a   Last, Andrew ^a   Patel, Ayan ^a   Last, Jerold A ^a   Kenyon, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; CORTICOSTEROID; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; MEVINOLIN; MONTELUKAST; OMALIZUMAB; PRAVASTATIN; SALBUTAMOL; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG USE; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INDIAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINOSINUSITIS; SINUSITIS; SMOKING; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84885359620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003314     Document Type: Article

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