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Preventive Therapy in Asthma

John E. Morley (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
320 Seiten
1991
Academic Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-12-506448-4 (ISBN)
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This volume seeks to identify the need for preventitive therapy, the options available, methods for clinical evaluation of newer therapies, and possible clinical and economic benefits when anti-asthma therapy is directed towards prevention.
Preventive therapy for asthma became therapeutically possible when the oral prophylactic drugs cromoglycate and ketotifen were introduced. However, use of drugs which rapidly ameliorate the symptoms of asthma continues to be the predominant treatment.
This volume seeks to identify the need for preventive therapy, the options available, methods for clinical evaluation of newer therapies, and possible clinical and economic benefits when anti-asthma therapy is directed towards prevention.

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N.B. Pride, Site of Airway Narrowing in Asthma.
H. Matthys, R. Eltschka, and R. Herceg, Acute Evaluation of Preventative Drugs in Man by Measurements of Mucus Clearance.
A.L. de Weck, Leukocyte Activation (Priming) in Allergic Reactions.
C. Robinson, A.M. Campbell, and C.A. Herbert, Quantitative Approaches to the Study of Mediators in Airway Pathophysiology.
J.F. Price, Preventive Therapy in Europe.
I.L. Bernstein, Preventive Therapy in the USA.
S. Makino, Preventative Therapy in Japan.
J. Morley, New Drug Developments for Asthma.
J. Henderson, The Need for Preventive Therapy: An Economic Perspective.
J. Butterfield, Ethical Aspects of Preventive Therapy.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 29.8.1991
Reihe/Serie Perspectives in Asthma
Verlagsort San Diego
Sprache englisch
Gewicht 620 g
Themenwelt Medizinische Fachgebiete Innere Medizin Pneumologie
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
ISBN-10 0-12-506448-9 / 0125064489
ISBN-13 978-0-12-506448-4 / 9780125064484
Zustand Neuware
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