Linear growth of chronic asthmatic children: the effects of the disease and various forms of steroid therapy

The effects of asthma per se and of various oral steroid‐treatment schedules on linear growth in 231 children with chronic severe asthma (6.2‐16.2 years of age) were evaluated.

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