Article
Current concepts of severe asthma.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Jul 2016
Ray Anuradha, Raundhal Mahesh, Oriss Timothy B, Ray Prabir, Wenzel Sally E
Abstract excerpt
The term asthma encompasses a disease spectrum with mild to very severe disease phenotypes whose traditional common characteristic is reversible airflow limitation. Unlike milder disease, severe asthma is poorly controlled by the current standard of care. Ongoing studies using advanced molecular and immunological tools along with improved clinical classification show that severe asthma does not identify a...
Topics
- Animals
- Anti-Asthmatic Agents
- Asthma
- Environmental Exposure
- Humans
- Immune System
- Inflammation
- Interferon-gamma
- Phenotype
- Severity of Illness Index
- Treatment Outcome