The inhaled corticosteroid/long-acting ß-agonist maintenance and reliever therapy regimen: where to from here?

Richard Beasley, Irene Braithwaite, James Fingleton, Mark Weatherall

Source: Eur Respir J, 51 (1) 1702338; 10.1183/13993003.02338-2017
Journal Issue: January
Disease area: Airway diseases

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