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[The clinicofunctional characterization of the phenotypes of severe uncontrollable bronchial asthma].
Klinicheskaia meditsina - 1 Jan 2006
Kobiakova O S, Nikitina L Iu, Ogorodova L M, Smetanenko T V, Petrovskiĭ F I, Deev I A
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the study was to compare the clinical characteristics and the inflammatory process activity in the airway of patients with severe therapy-sensitive and therapy-resistant bronchial asthma (TSBA; TRBA). The subjects were 171 patients with severe bronchial asthma (BA) aged 18 to 60; the diagnosis was established prior to the study according to GINA 2002 criteria. There were 50 TSBA patients, 121 TRBA, and...
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