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Pharmacotherapy

Spacers versus nebulizers in treatment of acute asthma – a prospective randomized study in preschool children

Niki MitselouDepartment of Pediatrics, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD,
Gunilla HedlinDepartment of Women's and Children's Health and Centre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet, Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
, MD, PhD &
Carl-Axel HederosDepartment of Pediatrics, Karlstad Central Hospital, Karlstad, Sweden
, MD, PhD
Pages 1059-1062 | Received 11 Feb 2016, Accepted 26 Apr 2016, Published online: 03 Aug 2016

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