Respiratory Medicine
Volume 101, Issue 1 , Pages 118-129 , January 2007

A comparison of the relative growth velocities with budesonide and fluticasone propionate in children with asthma

  • Alexander C. Ferguson

      Affiliations

    • Division of Allergy, University of British Columbia, B.C.'s Children's Hospital, 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC,Canada V6H 3V4
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Paediatrics, University of British Columbia, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6H 3V4. Tel.: 16048752118; fax: 16048753653.
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  • Hugo P. Van Bever

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, 119074 Singapore, Singapore
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  • Alejandro M. Teper

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Niños “Ricardo Gutierrez”, Gallo 1330, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • Olga Lasytsya

      Affiliations

    • Kiev Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, 9 Dorogozshitskaya St., Kiev-112, Ukraine
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  • Caroline H. Goldfrad

      Affiliations

    • GlaxoSmithKline Research and Development Limited, Greenford Road, Greenford, Middlesex UB6 OHE, UK
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  • Philip J. Whitehead

      Affiliations

    • GlaxoSmithKline Research and Development Limited, Greenford Road, Greenford, Middlesex UB6 OHE, UK

Received 26 September 2005 ,Accepted 11 April 2006.

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PII: S0954-6111(06)00220-4

doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2006.04.009

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 101, Issue 1 , Pages 118-129 , January 2007

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