Montelukast improves air trapping, not airway remodeling, in moderate-to-severe patients with asthma: A pilot tudy

J. Gao, F. Cai, B. Wang (Beijing, China)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Asthma and COPD drugs: efficacy, safety and pharmacoeconomics
Session: Asthma and COPD drugs: efficacy, safety and pharmacoeconomics
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 705
Disease area: Airway diseases

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