Airway autoantibodies are determinants of asthma severity
Conclusion
We report 55% of moderate–severe asthmatic patients to have airway autoreactivity that persists despite anti-inflammatory treatment and is associated with exacerbations.
Source: European Respiratory Journal - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Salter, B., Zhao, N., Son, K., Tan, N. S., Dvorkin-Gheva, A., Radford, K., LaVigne, N., Huang, C., Kjarsgaard, M., Li, Q.-Z., Tselios, K., Lim, H. F., Khalidi, N., Nair, P., Mukherjee, M. Tags: Asthma and allergy Original Articles: Asthma Source Type: research
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