Defining phenotypes in asthma: A step towards personalized medicine

Drugs

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 719-728

  Chung, Kian Fan ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRODALUMAB; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR2 ANTAGONIST; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE; DUPILUMAB; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 5; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MACROLIDE; MEPOLIZUMAB; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NAVARIXIN; OMALIZUMAB; RESLIZUMAB; TRALOKINUMAB;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHILIA; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; RHINOSINUSITIS; SPUTUM; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TH2 CELL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; GENETICS;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84901848274     PISSN: 00126667     EISSN: 11791950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40265-014-0213-9     Document Type: Review

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