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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2016-01-01
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Series: | Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease |
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Online Access: | https://www.monaldi-archives.org/index.php/macd/article/view/295 |