Inhaled Steroids in Asthma: Optimizing Effects in the Airways

ISBN-13: 9780824705855 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 760 str.

Robert P. Schleimer; Stanley J. Szefler; Paul M. O'Byrne

Opis

This text sums up the mechanistic basis, current status and future prospects of steroid inhalation as the cornerstone of prophylactic asthma therapy. It identifies its kinetic basis - especially the essential airway selectivitiy - and includes a historical account of inhaled glucocorticoid development.

O autorze

Robert P. Schleimer The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and The Johns Hopkins Asthma & Allergy Center Baltimore, Maryland Paul M. O’Byrne McMaster University and St. Joseph’s Hospital Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Stanley J. Szefler University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and National Jewish Medical and Research Center Denver, Colorado Ralph Brattsand AstraZeneca Research and Development Lund, Sweden.