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Phosphodiesterase 4 inhibition with roflumilast: a new approach to pulmonary disease

VAN SCHALKWYK E, STRYDOM K, WILLIAMS Z et al.: Roflumilast, an oral, once-daily phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor, attenuates allergen-induced asthmatic reactions. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. (2005) 116:292-298 and RABE KE, BATEMAN ED, O’DONNELL D et al.: Roflumilast – an oral anti-inflammatory treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet (2005) 366:563-571.

Sheila A Doggrell Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, School of Science, Charles Darwin University, PO Box 41246, Casuarina, NT 0811, Australia. [email protected]
Pages 485-488 | Published online: 27 Feb 2006

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