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Clinical phenotypes of severe asthma.
Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia - 1 Sept 2008
Alves Roseliane de Souza Araújo, Vianna Flávia de Almeida Filardo, Pereira Carlos Alberto de Castro
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OBJECTIVE: To characterize clinical phenotypes of severe asthma. METHODS: A total of 111 patients were retrospectively evaluated at a specialized outpatient clinic. A systematic protocol for patient evaluation and follow-up was applied. Treatment compliance and control of the disease at the end of follow-up were defined by clinical and functional data. Patients who did not meet asthma control criteria after six...
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