Mometasone furoate in the management of asthma: a review
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Mometasone furoate in the management of asthma: a review
Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) have proven to be the most effective and essential therapy for the treatment of bronchial asthma. The 2007 National Asthma Education and Prevention Program guidelines recommend ICS as preferred therapy for patients with mild to severe persistent asthma. Mometasone furoate (MF) is a relatively new ICS agent with high affinity for the glucocorticoid receptor. It is a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1178-203X
DOI: 10.2147/tcrm.s3261