Consequences of long-term oral corticosteroid therapy and its side-effects in severe asthma in adults: a focused review of the impact data in the literature

Timm Volmer, Timo Effenberger, Christoph Trautner, Roland Buhl

Source: Eur Respir J, 52 (4) 1800703; 10.1183/13993003.00703-2018
Journal Issue: October
Disease area: Airway diseases

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