Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 31-36 , February 2010

Effects of Budesonide and Fluticasone Propionate in Pediatric Asthma Patients

  • Lin-Yu Kuo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chih-Hsing Hung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hsing-I Tseng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jiunn-Ren Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yuh-Jyh Jong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yu-Te Chu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, 100 Tz-You 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan

Received 7 March 2009 ,Revised 9 June 2009 ,Accepted 15 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/S1875-9572(10)60007-1

Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 31-36 , February 2010

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