High incidence of oral corticosteroids prescriptions in children with asthma in early childhood

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1012-1017

  Arabkhazaeli, Ali ^a   Vijverberg, Susanne J H ^a   van der Ent, Cornelis K ^b   Raaijmakers, Jan A M ^a   Maitland van der Zee, Anke H ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asthma; exacerbation; incidence; longitudinal; OCS; oral corticosteroid; treatment

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LONG ACTING DRUG; SHORT ACTING DRUG; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; NETHERLANDS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84982286113     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2016.1185439     Document Type: Article

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