Does asthma control as assessed by the asthma control test reflect airway inflammation?
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Does asthma control as assessed by the asthma control test reflect airway inflammation?
BACKGROUND AND AIMS The treatment of asthmatic patients is particularly focused on the control of symptoms as well as functional and inflammatory parameters. In our study, we investigated the relationship between the asthma control test (ACT) which evaluates symptoms and airway inflammation and functional parameters. MATERIALS AND METHODS Stable asthmatic patients admitted to our pulmonary ou...
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عنوان ژورنال: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2049-6958
DOI: 10.1186/2049-6958-6-5-291