New Drugs in Allergy and Asthma

by Trevor T. Hansel and John E. Morley

Readers will be aware that asthma is one of the commonest chronic diseases of industrialised societies, with an increase in morbidity and mortality, despite the availability of a range of different drugs. In an effort to improve the treatment of asthmatic patients, international guidelines have recently recognised asthma as an inflammatory disease, and there has been a change in emphasis from bronchodilator drugs towards earlier use of anti-inflammatory...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3034873263
• ISBN13: 9783034873260
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 9.6"