Formoterol turbuhaler is an effective maintenance and maintenance plus reliever therapy in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) irrespective of the level of lung function impairment and reversibility

M. Bogdan, A. Eliraz, C. Mckinnon, U. Nihlen, E. Radeczky, S. Soliman, D. Osmanliev (Bucharest, Romania; Rehovot, Israel; Glasgow, United Kingdom; Lund, Sweden; Százhalombatta, Hungary; Sofia, Bulgaria)

Source: Annual Congress 2002 - COPD - Drug therapy 1
Session: COPD - Drug therapy 1
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 1578
Disease area: Airway diseases

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M. Bogdan, A. Eliraz, C. Mckinnon, U. Nihlen, E. Radeczky, S. Soliman, D. Osmanliev (Bucharest, Romania; Rehovot, Israel; Glasgow, United Kingdom; Lund, Sweden; Százhalombatta, Hungary; Sofia, Bulgaria). Formoterol turbuhaler is an effective maintenance and maintenance plus reliever therapy in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) irrespective of the level of lung function impairment and reversibility. Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, 1578

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