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Airway Inflammatory Biomarker: Could It Tailor the Right Medications for the Right Asthmatic Patient?
Iranian journal of immunology : IJI - 1 Jun 2016
Zedan Magdy Mohamed, Osman Amal Mohamed, Laimon Wafaa Nabil, Zedan Mohamed Magdy, Abo-Elkheir Nermin Youssef, Zaki Ahmed
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Asthma is a heterogeneous disease, in which asthmatic patients present with different clinical phenotypes, variable endotypes, and different response to asthma medicines. Thus, we are faced with an asthma paradox; asthma is diagnosed subjectively by clinical history and treated with biologically active drugs. To solve this paradox, we need objective airway biomarkers to tailor the proper medications to the proper...
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