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Volume 155, Issue 6 , Pages 795-800 , December 2009

Can Montelukast Shorten Prednisolone Therapy in Children with Mild to Moderate Acute Asthma? A Randomized Controlled Trial

Suzanne Schuh, MD, FRCPC
- Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Reprint requests: Dr Suzanne Schuh, Division of Paediatric Emergency Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada.
Andrew R. Willan, PhD
- Department of Pediatrics and Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Derek Stephens, MSc
- Department of Pediatrics and Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Paul T. Dick, MDCM, FRCPC
- Division of Pediatric Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Allan Coates, MD, FRCPC
- Division of Respirology, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Received 8 January 2009 ,Revised 23 March 2009 ,Accepted 5 June 2009.

Proportion of patients remaining without any additional therapy with time.

Proportion of patients remaining without any additional therapy with time.
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Funded as an investigator-initiated study by Merck Frosst Canada Ltd (S.S.). The funding organization had no role in design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; and preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Registered with www.clinicaltrials.gov (NCT00213252).

PII: S0022-3476(09)00553-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.06.008

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