Journal article
Effects of a Short Course of Inhaled Corticosteroids in Noneosinophilic Asthmatic Subjects
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Noneosinophilic asthma has been regarded as a distinct phenotype characterized by a poor response to inhaled corticosteroids (ICS).
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether noneosinophilic, steroid-naive asthmatic subjects show an improvement in asthma control, asthma symptoms and spirometry after four weeks of treatment with ICS, and whether they further benefit from the addition of a long-acting beta-2 agonists to ICS.
Authors
Lemière C; Tremblay C; FitzGerald M; Aaron SD; Leigh R; Boulet L-P; Martin JG; Nair P; Olivenstein R; Chaboillez S
Journal
Canadian Respiratory Journal, Vol. 18, No. 5, pp. 278–282
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
January 2011
DOI
10.1155/2011/108079
ISSN
1198-2241