Asthma treatment based on sputum cell counts or usual clinical outcomes: the LOMA study

M. M. M. Pizzichini, L. Jayaram, P. Hussack, L. P. Boulet, C. Lemiere, A. Efthimiadis, A. Cartier, E. Pizzichini, F. E. Hargreave (Hamilton, Quebec, Montreal, Canada; Florianopolis, Brazil)

Source: Annual Congress 2003 - Advances in our understanding of corticosteroids in the treatment of asthma
Session: Advances in our understanding of corticosteroids in the treatment of asthma
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 343
Disease area: Airway diseases

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