Effectiveness of omalizumab in severe allergic asthma: A retrospective UK real-world study

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 529-536

  Barnes, Neil ^a   Menzies Gow, Andrew ^b   Mansur, Adel H ^c   Spencer, David ^d   Percival, Fran ^e   Radwan, Amr ^f   Niven, Rob ^g  

^a LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Infectious Diseases Allergy   (United Kingdom)

^e PH ASSOCIATES   (United Kingdom)

^f Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Limited   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti asthmatic agents; Hospital resource use; Monoclonal antibodies; Observational study; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE; MONTELUKAST; OMALIZUMAB;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84878134498     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2013.790419     Document Type: Article

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