Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 8 , Pages 1216-1223, August 2009

Similar efficacy of ciclesonide versus prednisolone to treat asthma worsening after steroid tapering

  • M. van den Berge

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 (0)50 3616161; fax: +31 (0)50 3619320.
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  • S.H. Arshad

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonology, University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Newcastle, United Kingdom
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  • P.W. Ind

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonology, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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  • H. Magnussen

      Affiliations

    • Pulmonary Research Institute, Hospital Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, Germany
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  • E. Hamelmann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonology, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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  • F. Kanniess

      Affiliations

    • Pulmonary Research Institute, Hospital Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, Germany
    • Present address: KLB Health Research, Lübeck, Germany.
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  • D.S. Postma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Received 7 October 2008; accepted 27 January 2009. published online 19 March 2009.

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PII: S0954-6111(09)00040-7

doi:10.1016/j.rmed.2009.01.024

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 8 , Pages 1216-1223, August 2009

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