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The Journal of Pediatrics

Volume 118, Issue 2, February 1991, Pages 294-297
The Journal of Pediatrics

Clinical and laboratory observation
Diurnal cortisol secretion during therapy with inhaled beclomethasone dipropionate in children with asthma*

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