Validating the Composite Asthma Severity Index in adult asthmatics
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Body Mass Index and Comorbidities in Adult Severe Asthmatics
Both severe asthma and obesity are growing health problems. Severe asthma leads to a poor quality of life. The relationship among BMI, comorbidities, and severe asthma control in adults is still unclear. The aim of the study is to better understand the effect of the comorbidities as atopy, type II diabetes, OSAS, gastroesophageal reflux, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, osteoporosis, infe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0091-6749
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2018.12.034