A pilot randomized controlled trial of pioglitazone for the treatment of poorly controlled asthma in obesity

BACKGROUND: Obese asthmatics tend to have poorly controlled asthma, and resistance to standard asthma controller medications. The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of pioglitazone, an anti-diabetic medication which can alter circulating adipokines and have direct effects on asthmat...

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Autores principales: Dixon, Anne E., Subramanian, Meenakumari, DeSarno, Michael, Black, Kendall, Lane, Lisa, Holguin, Fernando
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4661996/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26610598
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-015-0303-6

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