The pde4 inhibitor roflumilast provides additional clinical benefit in COPD patients receiving salmeterol

J. Luis Izquierdo, W. MacNee, E. Biermann, U. M. Goehring, A. McIvor (Guadalajara, Spain; Edinburgh, United Kingdom; Konstanz, Germany; Hamilton, Canada)

Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Treatment of COPD
Session: Treatment of COPD
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 1627
Disease area: Airway diseases

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