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Editorial
. 2021 Dec;26(12):1094-1095.
doi: 10.1111/resp.14171. Epub 2021 Oct 19.

Oral corticosteroid stewardship for asthma: Time to move from theory to routine clinical practice

David Watchorn  1 , Andrew Menzies-Gow  1
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Editorial

Oral corticosteroid stewardship for asthma: Time to move from theory to routine clinical practice

David Watchorn et al. Respirology. 2021 Dec.
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Keywords: asthma; oral corticosteroids.

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