Obesity and asthma: co-morbidity or causal relationship?

There is substantial evidence that obesity and asthma are related. “Obese asthma” may be a unique phenotype of asthma, characterized by decreased lung volumes, greater symptoms for a given degree of lung function impairment, destabilization or lack of asthma control, lack of eosinophilic inflammatio...

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Main Authors: A. van Huisstede, G.J. Braunstahl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
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Online Access:https://www.monaldi-archives.org/index.php/macd/article/view/295