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Sputum periostin in patients with different severe asthma phenotypes.
Allergy - 1 May 2015
Bobolea I, Barranco P, Del Pozo V, Romero D, Sanz V, López-Carrasco V, Canabal J, Villasante C, Quirce S
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BACKGROUND: Identifying inflammatory phenotypes is relevant in severe uncontrolled asthma. The aim of this study was to identify the different clinical, inflammatory, functional, and molecular phenotypes in patients with severe asthma and to investigate the potential role of sputum periostin as a biomarker of severe asthma phenotypes. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Sputum induction was performed in 62 patients diagnosed...
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