Systemic steroids in severe forms of COPD exacerbations: a question of balance?
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Affiliations: Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR_S 1158 ‘‘Neurophysiologie Respiratoire Expérimentale et Clinique’’, Paris, INSERM, UMR_S 1158 ‘‘Neurophysiologie Respiratoire Expérimentale et Clinique’’, Paris, and AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière Charles Foix, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Médicale (Département ‘‘R3S’’), Paris, France. Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, and Dept of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The European respiratory journal
دوره 43 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014