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Severe asthma in adults: an orphan disease?
Clinics in chest medicine - 1 Sept 2012
Gaga Mina, Zervas Eleftherios, Samitas Konstantinos, Bel Elisabeth H
Abstract excerpt
Severe asthma affects fewer than 10% of patients with asthma, is associated with a severe risk of death and disability, has a great impact on health and quality of life, and represents a huge cost to patients and society. Given the poor response to treatment and the side effects associated with medications for severe asthma, more efficient, cost-effective, and phenotype-specific medications are needed....
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