Perceptions of Severe Asthma and Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome Among Specialists: a Questionnaire Survey
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Sang-Heon Kim, Ji Yong Moon, Jae Hyun Lee, Ga-Young Ban, Sujeong Kim, Mi-Ae Kim, Joo-Hee Kim, Min-Hye Kim, Chan-Sun Park, So-Young Park, Hyouk-Soo Kwon, Jae-Woo Kwon, Jae-Woo Jung, Hye-Ryun Kang, Jong-Sook Park, Tae-Bum Kim, Heung-Woo Park, You Sook Cho,* Kwang-Ha Yoo, Yeon-Mok Oh, Byung-Jae Lee, An-Soo Jang, Sang-Heon Cho, Hae-Sim Park, Choon-Sik Park, Ho Joo Yoon,* on behalf of the Severe Asthma Work Group, the Korean Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology
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تاریخ انتشار 2018