ENDOCRINE-METABOLIC EFFECTS OF ASTHMA-TREATMENT - THE IMPACT OF GLUCOCORTICOID THERAPY IN THE ELDERLY

Authors
AHMANN AJ
Citation
Aj. Ahmann, ENDOCRINE-METABOLIC EFFECTS OF ASTHMA-TREATMENT - THE IMPACT OF GLUCOCORTICOID THERAPY IN THE ELDERLY, Immunology and allergy clinics of North America, 17(4), 1997, pp. 701
Citations number
179
Journal title
Immunology and allergy clinics of North America → ACNP
ISSN journal
08898561
Volume
17
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0889-8561(1997)17:4<701:EEOA-T>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways, recognized to affect millions of children and young adults in the United States. Ho wever, it is also a disease that is often underdiagnosed and underemph asized in the elderly population, in which many unique considerations become significant. The prevalence of asthma in persons over 65 has be en reported to range from 6.5% to 40%.