Changes in body composition are associated with corticosteroid use in adult asthma

B. Berthon, L. MacDonald-Wicks, P. Gibson, L. Wood (Callaghan, Australia)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Asthma and COPD drugs: efficacy, safety and pharmacoeconomics
Session: Asthma and COPD drugs: efficacy, safety and pharmacoeconomics
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 706
Disease area: Airway diseases

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B. Berthon, L. MacDonald-Wicks, P. Gibson, L. Wood (Callaghan, Australia). Changes in body composition are associated with corticosteroid use in adult asthma. Eur Respir J 2013; 42: Suppl. 57, 706

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