Formoterol as needed with or without budesonide in patients with intermittent asthma and raised NO levels in exhaled air: a SOMA study

Haahtela T., Tamminen K., Malmberg L. P., Zetterstrom O., Karjalainen J., Yla-Outinen H., Svahn T., Ekstrom T., Selroos O.

Source: Eur Respir J 2006 Oct 01;28(4):748-755
Journal Issue: October
Disease area: Airway diseases

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