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Quantification of the Effect of Inhaled Budesonide on Airway Inflammation in Intermittent Asthma by Bronchitis Index

Matthias John Division of Pneumology, Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Charité of Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany Schumannstr. 20/21, Berlin, 10098, Germany; Division of Pneumology, Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Charité of Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany
, M.D.,
Ingo Fietze Division of Pneumology, Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Charité of Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany
, M.D.,
Adrian C. Borges Division of Pneumology, Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Charité of Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany
, M.D.,
Ute Oltmanns Division of Pneumology, Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Charité of Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany
, M.D.,
Bernd Schmidt Division of Pneumology, Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Charité of Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany
, M.D. &
Christian Witt Division of Pneumology, Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Charité of Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany
, M.D.
Pages 593-599 | Published online: 31 Oct 2001

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