An update on the efficacy of oral corticosteroids in the treatment of wheezing episodes in preschool children

Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 182-190

  Collins, Andrew D ^a   Beigelman, Avraham ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma; oral corticosteroids; preschool children; wheezing

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ASTHMA; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ASTHMA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 84914179044     PISSN: 17534658     EISSN: 17534666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753465814552283     Document Type: Review

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