Budesonide/formoterol single inhaler therapy reduces overreliance on rapid-acting reliever medication

A. Balanzat, S. Centanni, M. Palmqvist, K. Rabe (Buenos Aires, Argentina; Milan, Italy; Gothenburg, Sweden; Leiden, The Netherlands)

Source: Annual Congress 2004 - Targeting acute and chronic airway obstruction
Session: Targeting acute and chronic airway obstruction
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2164
Disease area: Airway diseases

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