Double-blind trial of steroid tapering in acute asthma.

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Published in Lancet on February 06, 1993

Authors

B R O'Driscoll1, S Kalra, M Wilson, C A Pickering, K B Carroll, A A Woodcock

Author Affiliations

1: North West Lung Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK.

Associated clinical trials:

The Effect of Preoperative Oral Prednisone on the Operative Field During Nasal Polypectomy. | NCT00440219

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