Value of theophylline treatment in patients handicapped by chronic obstructive lung disease.

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Published in Thorax on March 01, 1993

Authors

S E McKay1, C A Howie, A H Thomson, B Whiting, G J Addis

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Glasgow, Western Infirmary.

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