Medium dose budesonide/formoterol in fixed combination improves lung function over 2-3 weeks in patients with acute obstructive bronchitis of viral etiology

A. S. Petrescu, M. J. Zamfirescu (Bucuresti, Romania)

Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Airway responsiveness, chronic cough and bronchiectasis: a modern approach
Session: Airway responsiveness, chronic cough and bronchiectasis: a modern approach
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 579
Disease area: Airway diseases

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