The combination of budesonide and formoterol exerts more rapid and enhanced anti-inflammatory effects than either drug alone in rat lungs in vivo

A. Miller-Larsson, R. Brattsand (Lund, Sweden)

Source: Annual Congress 2004 - Comparing inhaled corticosteroids
Session: Comparing inhaled corticosteroids
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2167
Disease area: Airway diseases

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