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The Lancet, 2018 Asthma-one of the most common chronic, non-communicable diseases in children and adults-is characterised by variable respiratory symptoms and variable airflow limitation. Asthma is a consequence of complex gene-environment interactions, with heterogeneity in clinical presentation and the type and intensity of airway inflammation and remodelling.
Papi, Alberto +3 more
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Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, 2011 Asthma is the most common respiratory disorder in Canada. Despite significant improvement in the diagnosis and management of this disorder, the majority of Canadians with asthma remain poorly controlled. In most patients, however, control can be achieved through the use of avoidance measures and appropriate pharmacological interventions.
Kim, Harold L., Mazza, Jorge
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Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2015 Asthma is the most common inflammatory disease of the lungs. The prevalence of asthma is increasing in many parts of the world that have adopted aspects of the Western lifestyle, and the disease poses a substantial global health and economic burden. Asthma involves both the large-conducting and the small-conducting airways, and is characterized by a ...
Holgate, Stephen T. +5 more
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A Twin Study of Early-Childhood Asthma in Puerto Ricans [PDF]
, 2013 Background:The relative contributions of genetics and environment to asthma in Hispanics or to asthma in children younger than 3 years are not well understood.Objective:To examine the relative contributions of genetics and environment to early-childhood ...
Bunyavanich, S +6 more
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Does asthma impair wealth accumulation or does wealth protect against asthma? [PDF]
, 2016 OBJECTIVE: We investigate the association between adult asthma and wealth, testing whether the disease impairs wealth accumulation (social selection model) or if wealth protects against asthma (social causation model).
Smith, Patricia K., Zagorsky, Jay L.
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Reslizumab in patients with inadequately controlled late-onset asthma and elevated blood eosinophils [PDF]
, 2017 INTRODUCTION: Asthma with adult onset and elevated blood eosinophils is a difficult-to-treat subgroup. This post hoc analysis evaluated reslizumab, an anti-interleukin-5 monoclonal antibody, in patients with late-onset eosinophilic asthma.
Brusselle, Guy +3 more
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Medical Clinics of North America, 1986 Asthma represents a readily treatable disease that today is still associated with significant morbidity and mortality, much of which may be preventable with prompt and correct therapy. An understanding of the clinical presentations of this disease, as well as an understanding of effective, multiagent therapy, is the goal of this article.
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Monitoring asthma in childhood : Lung function, bronchial responsiveness and inflammation [PDF]
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ERS Task Force Monitoring Asthma in Children
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Pediatrics In Review, 2019 This review provides an evidence-based guide for the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of patients with asthma. It addresses typical questions that arise in the clinic-based care of patients with asthma and provides a basic and comprehensive resource for asthma care.
Patel, Shilpa J., Teach, Stephen J.
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