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Japanese guidelines for adult asthma 2017.
Allergology international : official journal of the Japanese Society of Allergology - 1 Apr 2017
Ichinose Masakazu, Sugiura Hisatoshi, Nagase Hiroyuki, Yamaguchi Masao, Inoue Hiromasa, Sagara Hironori, Tamaoki Jun, Tohda Yuji, Munakata Mitsuru, Yamauchi Kohei, Ohta Ken
Abstract excerpt
Adult bronchial asthma is characterized by chronic airway inflammation, and presents clinically with variable airway narrowing (wheezes and dyspnea) and cough. Long-standing asthma induces airway remodeling, leading to intractable asthma. The number of patients with asthma has increased; however, the number of patients who die of asthma has decreased (1.2 per 100,000 patients in 2015). The goal of asthma...
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