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Aspirin or other nonsteroidal inflammatory agent exacerbated asthma.
The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice - 1 Jan 2000
Ledford Dennis K, Wenzel Sally E, Lockey Richard F
Abstract excerpt
Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD) is an asthma phenotype with a prevalence that ranges from 2% to 25% of the asthma population. The 2% prevalence applies to patients with mild and 25% to severe, persistent asthma. COX-1-inhibiting nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, including aspirin, aggravate the preexisting upper and lower respiratory disease, sometimes in a life-threatening manner. The upper...
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