Inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) are often prescribed as the first line therapy for pulmonary diseases such as asthma. The biggest concern of using steroid therapy is the systemic side effects at high dose. To reduce the side effects, the pharmaceutical industry has been putting effort to generate new
Lung and systematic thiol homeostasis during an acute lung inflammation in the rat
✍ Scribed by Ian A. Cotgreave; Ulf Johansson; Peter Moldéus; Ralf Brattsand
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 596 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0300-483X
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