Centrilobular Opacities in the Asthmatic Lung Successfully Treated with Inhaled Ciclesonide and Tiotropium: With Assessment of Alveolar Nitric Oxide Levels

Background: Despite the fact that bronchioles are involved in asthma, there have been limited asthmatic cases showing marked centrilobular opacities on computed tomography (CT) chest scans. Systemic corticosteroids have been administered in such cases, but the efficacy of extra-fine particle inhaled...

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Main Authors: Hirofumi Kiyokawa, Hisako Matsumoto, Hitoshi Nakaji, Akio Niimi, Isao Ito, Kikuko Ono, Tomoshi Takeda, Tsuyoshia Oguma, Kojiro Otsuka, Michiaki Mishima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-01-01
Series:Allergology International
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1323893015305414