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Phenotypes of severe asthma among children and adolescents in Brazil: a prospective study.
BMC pulmonary medicine - 17 Apr 2015
de Andrade Wenderson Clay Correia, Lasmar Laura Maria de Lima Belizário Facury, Ricci Cristiane de Abreu Tonelli, Camargos Paulo Augusto Moreira, Cruz Álvaro A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The morbidity associated with severe uncontrolled asthma is disproportionately higher in low- and middle-income countries than in high-income countries. The aim of this study was to describe the phenotypic characteristics of difficult-to-treat severe asthma and treatment-resistant severe asthma in a sample of children and adolescents in Brazil. METHODS: This was a prospective study, conducted between...
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