Preventing asthma exacerbations with budesonide/formoterol maintenance + relief: a pooled analysis

P. M. O‘Byrne, E. D. Bateman (Hamilton, ON, Canada; Cape Town, South Africa)

Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Recent advances in the treatment and pathogenesis of pulmonary diseases II
Session: Recent advances in the treatment and pathogenesis of pulmonary diseases II
Session type: E-Communication Session
Number: 4650
Disease area: Airway diseases

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