Formoterol as relief medication is increasingly more effective than salbutamol in patients with increasing need for reliever therapy

H. C. J. van Klink, D. Cheung, R. Aalbers (Leiden, Schiedam, Groningen, The Netherlands)

Source: Annual Congress 2003 - Asthma: inhaled therapy; allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
Session: "Asthma: inhaled therapy; allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis"
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 1572
Disease area: Airway diseases

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