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Effects of a combined treatment theophylline and tulobuterol on nocturnal chronic asthma

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The efficacy of a bronchodilator combination therapy (a slow-release xanthine derivative plus an oralβ 2-mimetic—tulobuterol) in the treatment of nocturnal asthma attacks was compared to the efficacy of a monotherapy using a xanthine derivative alone.

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  1. Klinik Ambrock, Zentrum für Pneumologie und Thoraxchirurgie, Hagen, Federal Republic of Germany

    K. H. Rühle

  2. DRK-Krankenhaus Mark Brandenburg, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany

    P. Dorow

  3. Hochgebirgsklinik Davos, Wolfgang, Switzerland

    H. Schmitz-Schumann

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Rühle, K.H., Dorow, P. & Schmitz-Schumann, H. Effects of a combined treatment theophylline and tulobuterol on nocturnal chronic asthma. Lung 168 (Suppl 1), 192–193 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02718132

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