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Update on recent advances in the management of aspirin exacerbated respiratory disease.
Yonsei medical journal - 31 Dec 2009
Palikhe Nami Shrestha, Kim Joo-Hee, Park Hae-Sim
Abstract excerpt
Aspirin intolerant asthma (AIA) is frequently characterized as an aspirin (ASA)-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD). It is a clinical syndrome associated with chronic severe inflammation in the upper and lower airways resulting in chronic rhinitis, sinusitis, recurrent polyposis, and asthma. AERD generally develops secondary to abnormalities in inflammatory mediators and arachidonic acid biosynthesis...
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