Randomised controlled trial of aminophylline for severe acute asthma.

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Published in Arch Dis Child on November 01, 1998

Authors

M Yung1, M South

Author Affiliations

1: Intensive Care Unit, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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