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Allergies
Studies from McMaster University further understanding of allergies
November 26th, 2008
"Despite the effectiveness of corticosteroids at resolving airway inflammation, they are only moderately effective at attenuating airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR). The extent to which corticosteroids are able to reverse or inhibit the development of sustained AHR is not known," researchers in Hamilton, Canada report. "The present study aimed to determine whether budesonide can resolve and or prevent the development of sustained AHR in mice. Mice were chronically exposed to allergen and treated with budesonide either: 1) briefly during the final weeks of exposure to allergen; 2) prolonged concurrently throughout exposure to allergen; or 3) delayed following final...
Source: Immunotherapy Weekly (2008-11-26)
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