Methacholine challenge test as indicator for add on inhaled corticosteroids in COPD patients
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Inhaled corticosteroids: a controversial add-on treatment in COPD.
We would like to thank J.E. Hansen for his detailed response to our recently published analysis regarding prevalence of bronchoreversibility in subjects enrolled in the National Emphysema Treatment Trial [1]. J.E. Hansen raises a concern that the American Thoracic Society (ATS)/European Respiratory Society (ERS) definition of bronchoreversibility is too restrictive in that it requires both an a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0422-7638
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcdt.2014.01.006