Side effects of the leukotriene receptor antagonists in asthmatic children
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Results It was found out that 67.5% of 41 (4%) patients in whom side effects were observed was male and their average age was 6.5. The rate of patients with asthma was 63.41% and it was 36.58% for patients with early wheezing. It was determined that sex, age and diagnosis (early wheezing or asthma) of the patients were ineffective in the emergence of side effects. The average period for the emergence of side effects was the fisrt month. It was observed that hyperactivity was the most frequently seen psychiatric side effect and abdominal pain was the nonpsychiatric side effect.
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Side Effects of Leukotriene Receptor Antagonists in Asthmatic Children
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