Understanding mild asthma/episodic asthma in children
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Treatment of mild persistent asthma in children.
Fernando Martinez and co-workers (Feb 19, p 650) highlight that daily use of inhaled corticosteroids is associated with reduced growth, and that intermittent use of these drugs to control mild persistent asthma avoids such growth impairment. This statement could lead physicians and (parents of) patients to think that daily inhaled corticosteroid treatment is unsafe and stunts growth. I would li...
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عنوان ژورنال: South African Family Practice
سال: 2007
ISSN: 2078-6190,2078-6204
DOI: 10.1080/20786204.2007.10873528