Sputum mediator profiling in severe asthma : relationships with clinical phenotypes, airway inflammation and morphometry in stable disease and at exacerbations

Asthma is characterised by typical symptoms or cough, breathlessness and wheeze with variable airflow obstruction. It is severe in about 10% of asthmatics with persistent symptoms and frequent exacerbations. There is increasing recognition that asthma, and to a greater extent severe asthma, is a het...

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Main Author: Desai, Dhananjay
Other Authors: Brightling, Christopher
Published: University of Leicester 2016
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.700899