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Near-fatal asthma phenotype in the ENFUMOSA Cohort.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 1 Apr 2007
Romagnoli M, Caramori G, Braccioni F, Ravenna F, Barreiro E, Siafakas N M, Vignola A M, Chanez P, Fabbri L M, Papi A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Near-fatal asthma (NFA) is characterized by severe asthma attacks usually requiring intensive care unit admission. This phenotype of asthma has been studied mainly in acute conditions. METHODS: The aim of our study was to compare the clinical, functional and inflammatory characteristics of NFA patients with mild to severe asthmatics in stable conditions. We recruited 155 asthmatic patients from five...
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