Chronic oral corticosteroids use and persistent eosinophilia in severe asthmatics from the Belgian severe asthma registry

Chronic oral corticosteroids use and persistent eosinophilia in severe asthmatics from the Belgian severe asthma registry

Abstract Background Severe asthma (SA) may require frequent courses or chronic use of oral corticosteroids (OCS), inducing many known side effects and complications. Therefore, it is important to identify risk factors of chronic use of OCS in SA, considering the heterogeneity of clinical and inflamm...

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Main Authors: S. Graff, S. Vanwynsberghe, G. Brusselle, S. Hanon, C. Sohy, L. J. Dupont, R. Peche, A. Michils, C. Pilette, G. Joos, R. E. Louis, F. N. Schleich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:Respiratory Research
Subjects:
Asthma
Blood eosinophils
Oral corticosteroids
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12931-020-01460-7

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