Severe asthma

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 993-

  Thomson, Carey C ^a   Welsh, Carolyn H ^b   Carno, Margaret A ^c   Wenzel, Sally E ^d   Chung, Fan ^e   Brozek, Jan L ^f   Wilson, Kevin C ^g  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; MACROLIDE; METHOTREXATE; MONTELUKAST; OMALIZUMAB; TIOTROPIUM BROMIDE;

ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL THERMOPLASTY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; EXHALED NITRIC OXIDE TESTING; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LUNG FLOW VOLUME CURVE; LUNG FUNCTION; MAXIMAL MID EXPIRATORY FLOW; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; SEVERE ASTHMA; SPUTUM EOSINOPHIL COUNT; PULMONOLOGY; STANDARDS;

ASTHMA; HUMANS; PULMONARY MEDICINE;

EID: 84911943224     PISSN: 23256621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201405-199CME     Document Type: Letter

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