Managing wheeze in preschool children

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Bush, Andrew ^a,b,c,e   Grigg, Jonathan ^d   Saglani, Sejal ^a,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; PREDNISOLONE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 84893871125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g15     Document Type: Review

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