Defining asthma phenotypes: Focusing the picture

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 939-940

  Szefler, Stanley J ^a  

^a Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Asthma control; Asthma impairment; Asthma risk; Asthma severity; Biomarkers; Genetics; Inhaled corticosteroids; Leukotriene receptor antagonists; Long acting adrenergic agonists

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ASTHMA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASTHMA; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 78049476605     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2010.09.018     Document Type: Editorial

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