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Persistent airflow obstruction in patients with asthma: Characteristics of a distinct clinical phenotype.
Respiratory medicine - 1 Nov 2015
Konstantellou Elissavet, Papaioannou Andriana I, Loukides Stelios, Patentalakis George, Papaporfyriou Anastasia, Hillas Georgios, Papiris Spyros, Koulouris Nikolaos, Bakakos Petros, Kostikas Konstantinos
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BACKGROUND: Some patients with asthma present persistent airflow limitation but their clinical and inflammatory characteristics have not been extensively described. In this study we aimed to identify differences in the clinical, functional and inflammatory characteristics between patients with asthma with and without persistent airflow obstruction. METHODS: Patients (n = 170) were consecutively recruited from two...
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