Late response to Omalizumabin a patient with severe persistent allergic asthma;Risposta tardiva alla terapia con Omalizumab in paziente con asma allergico grave persistente

GIMT - Giornale Italiano delle Malattie del Torace

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 308-310

  Menzella, F ^a   Carbonelli, C ^a   Roggeri, A ^a   Zucchi, L ^a  

^a Arcispedale S Maria Nuova   (Italy)

Author keywords

Add on treatment; Late responderslife; Omalizumab

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; OMALIZUMAB; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL; STEROID;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 34047244019     PISSN: 11270810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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