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Characterization of the severe asthma phenotype by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Severe Asthma Research Program.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Feb 2007
Moore Wendy C, Bleecker Eugene R, Curran-Everett Douglas, Erzurum Serpil C, Ameredes Bill T, Bacharier Leonard, Calhoun William J, Castro Mario, Chung Kian Fan, Clark Melissa P, Dweik Raed A, Fitzpatrick Anne M, Gaston Benjamin, Hew Mark, Hussain Iftikhar, Jarjour Nizar N, Israel Elliot, Levy Bruce D, Murphy James R, Peters Stephen P, Teague W Gerald, Meyers Deborah A, Busse William W, Wenzel Sally E
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BACKGROUND: Severe asthma causes the majority of asthma morbidity. Understanding mechanisms that contribute to the development of severe disease is important. OBJECTIVE: The goal of the Severe Asthma Research Program is to identify and characterize subjects with severe asthma to understand pathophysiologic mechanisms in severe asthma. METHODS: We performed a comprehensive phenotypic characterization...
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