Inhaled corticosteroids reduce asthma symptoms and exacerbations, improve lung function, and reduce airway inflammation and bronchial hyperreactivity more effectively than other treatments. However, inhaled corticosteroids may be unable to return lung function and bronchial hyperreactivity to normal
Inhaled corticosteroids in childhood asthma
โ Scribed by Louis I. Landau
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 29 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 8755-6863
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