Severe asthma in childhood
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Special problems of severe asthma in childhood
Severe asthma accounts for a small proportion of all asthma in childhood, but consumes a disproportionate amount of healthcare resources, and leads to substantial morbidity and even premature death. Many different symptom patterns can lead to specialist referral with the diagnostic label problematic severe asthma. First, there is a full review to exclude other diagnoses and important comorbid c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Italian Journal of Pediatrics
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1824-7288
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-41-s2-a23