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Prevalence of eosinophilic, atopic, and overlap phenotypes among patients with severe asthma in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study.
BMC pulmonary medicine - 17 Feb 2022
Al-Jahdali Hamdan, Wali Siraj, Albanna Amr S, Allehebi Riyad, Al-Matar Hussein, Fattouh Mohamed, Beekman Maarten
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Eosinophilia is a significant factor in asthma severity; however, the prevalence of severe eosinophilic asthma in Saudi Arabia is largely unknown. We aimed to determine the prevalence of the eosinophilic (defined in this study as ≥ 300 cells/mm3 in blood), atopic (atopic phenotype 1, defined in this study as > 100 IU/mL total serum IgE; atopic phenotype 2, defined in this study as > 150 IU/mL), and...
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