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Asthma.
Nature reviews. Disease primers - 10 Sept 2015
Holgate Stephen T, Wenzel Sally, Postma Dirkje S, Weiss Scott T, Renz Harald, Sly Peter D
Abstract excerpt
Asthma is the most common inflammatory disease of the lungs. The prevalence of asthma is increasing in many parts of the world that have adopted aspects of the Western lifestyle, and the disease poses a substantial global health and economic burden. Asthma involves both the large-conducting and the small-conducting airways, and is characterized by a combination of inflammation and structural remodelling that...
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