In difficult-to-treat asthmatics, uncontrolled despite a high level of therapy and followed for 3 years with a mean number of sputum samples/patient = 10, sputum eosinophilia (≥3%) was observed in 87% of all sputum samples. Persistent sputum eosinophilia is a characteristic of severe uncontrolled asthma.
Can Sputum Eosinophilia Be a Constant Feature in Severe Refractory Asthmatics? A 3-Year Longitudinal Study
LATORRE, MANUELA;NOVELLI, FEDERICA;CIANCHETTI, SILVANA;BARTOLI, MARIA LAURA ELENA;DI FRANCO, ANTONELLA;CELI, ALESSANDRO;PAGGIARO, PIER LUIGI
2015-01-01
Abstract
In difficult-to-treat asthmatics, uncontrolled despite a high level of therapy and followed for 3 years with a mean number of sputum samples/patient = 10, sputum eosinophilia (≥3%) was observed in 87% of all sputum samples. Persistent sputum eosinophilia is a characteristic of severe uncontrolled asthma.File in questo prodotto:
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