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Identification of asthma phenotypes in a tertiary care medical center.
The American journal of the medical sciences - 1 Dec 2014
Kuhlen James L, Wahlquist Amy E, Nietert Paul J, Bains Sonia N
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BACKGROUND: Asthma affects 5% to 10% of the population and its severity is assessed using 4 parameters: lung function, symptom frequency, rescue inhaler use, and number of asthma exacerbations. Asthma is increasingly recognized as a clinical syndrome rather than a single disease. However, the current classification system fails to reflect the heterogeneous characteristics of the disease. METHODS: A retrospective...
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