Counterpoint: Is measuring sputum eosinophils useful in the management of severe asthma? No, not for the vast majority of patients.
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Financial/nonfinancial disclosures: The author has reported to CHEST the following conflicts of interest: Dr Peters has been a member of the Wake Forest Clinical Trials Group, which has performed clinical trials for Ception/Cephalon, GlaxoSmithKline, and Medimmune examining the effect of anti-IL5 therapies in patients with severe asthma.Reproduction of this article is prohibited without written permission from the American College of Chest Physicians (http://www.chestpubs.org/site/misc/reprints.xhtml ).
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Chest
دوره 139 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011