Severe bronchial asthma improved on bamifylline. Case report and review.
We describe a 25-year-old patient with severe bronchial asthma, which was difficult to treat with oral theophylline. Bamifylline, a xanthine derivative, clearly improved the clinical signs, symptoms and lung function. We critically review the literature on bamifylline.
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Dutch Asthma Center, Davos, Switzerland.
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D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013806:Theophylline / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use
D001993:Bronchodilator Agents; D013806:Theophylline; C006683:bamifylline