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Asthma severity, not asthma control, is worse in atopic compared with nonatopic adolescents with asthma.
Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology - 1 Jan 2016
Arroyave Whitney D, Rabito Felicia A, Carlson John C, Sever Michelle L, Lefante John
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The effects of atopic and nonatopic asthma phenotypes on asthma morbidity are unclear. Moreover, asthma morbidity in patients without atopy might be mediated by immunoglobulin E (IgE). OBJECTIVE: To determine differences in morbidity in patients with asthma with and without atopy in a population of inner-city adolescents with asthma and to assess the impact of total IgE (tIgE) in this population....
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