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Oral prednisolone for acute lower respiratory tract infection in clinically unrecognised asthma: an exploratory analysis of the Oral Steroids for Acute Cough (OSAC) randomised controlled trial

Sean Hawkey, Grace J Young, Paul Little, Michael Moore and Alastair D Hay
BJGP Open 2020; 4 (5): bjgpopen20X101099. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen20X101099
Sean Hawkey
1Center for Academic Primary Care, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) School for Primary Care Research, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
2Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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Grace J Young
3Bristol Trials Centre, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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Paul Little
4Primary Care and Population Science, NIHR School for Primary Care Research, Aldermoor Health Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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4Primary Care and Population Science, NIHR School for Primary Care Research, Aldermoor Health Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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1Center for Academic Primary Care, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) School for Primary Care Research, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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vol. 4 no. 5 bjgpopen20X101099
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen20X101099
PubMed 
33144370

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Royal College of General Practitioners
History 
  • Received March 11, 2020
  • Accepted April 21, 2020
  • Published online December 15, 2020.

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  1. Sean Hawkey1,2,
  2. Grace J Young3,
  3. Paul Little4,
  4. Michael Moore4 and
  5. Alastair D Hay1,2,*
  1. 1Center for Academic Primary Care, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) School for Primary Care Research, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
  2. 2Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
  3. 3Bristol Trials Centre, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
  4. 4Primary Care and Population Science, NIHR School for Primary Care Research, Aldermoor Health Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  1. ↵*For correspondence:
    Alastair D Hay, alastair.hay{at}bristol.ac.uk
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