Journal article
Oral corticosteroid-dependent asthma: current knowledge and future needs
- Abstract:
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Purpose of review To discuss the current use of oral corticosteroids (OCS) as a chronic treatment in patients with severe asthma and as a rescue treatment for patients presenting with acute exacerbations.
Recent findings Airways disease is responsible for the bulk of OCS use in the community and considerable OCS-associated morbidity. I speculate that the key mechanism leading to a beneficial effect in these situations is depletion of circulating eos...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine Journal website
- Volume:
- 25
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 51–58
- Publication date:
- 2019-01-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1531-6971
- ISSN:
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1070-5287
- Pmid:
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30461530
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Pubs id:
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pubs:954431
- UUID:
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uuid:0d172b8d-6c8a-441e-a856-d3cdb05e12f0
- Local pid:
- pubs:954431
- Source identifiers:
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954431
- Deposit date:
- 2019-02-11
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- Copyright holder:
- Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc
- Copyright date:
- 2019
- Notes:
- ©️ 2018 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
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