Clinical Factors Affecting Discrepant Correlation Between Asthma Control Test Score and Pulmonary Function
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Clinical Factors Affecting Discrepant Correlation Between Asthma Control Test Score and Pulmonary Function
The Asthma Control Test (ACT) score is widely used in asthma clinics, particularly with the recent emphasis on achievement and maintenance of optimal asthma control. However, this self-assessment score does not always correspond with lung function parameters, leading to uncertainty about each patient's control status; therefore, we investigated the clinical characteristics that are associated w...
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عنوان ژورنال: Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Research
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2092-7355,2092-7363
DOI: 10.4168/aair.2015.7.1.83