
|Articles|March 1, 2002
Inhaled corticosteroids and growth: How big a dose of caution?
Concern about the effect of inhaled steroids on growth has inhibited the prescribing of this class of medications for childhood asthma. The weight of findings suggests the effect on height may be less significant than that of untreated or inappropriately treated asthma.
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