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Diagnosis of asthma in symptomatic children based on measures of lung function: an analysis of data from a population-based birth cohort study

The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health In Press, Corrected Proof Clare Murray, MDa, b, Philip Foden, MSca, Lesley Lowe, PhDa, Hannah Durrington, PhDa, Prof Adnan Custovic, MDc, Prof Angela Simpson, MDa, ,    SummaryBackground Concerns have been expressed about asthma overdiagnosis. The UK National Institute…

Patient preferences for dry powder inhaler attributes in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in France: a discrete choice experiment

BMC Pulmonary Medicine RESEARCH ARTICLE  – OPEN ACCESS – OPEN PEER REVIEW Natalia Hawken, Saku Torvinen, Mohamed Elmoctar Neine, Ikbel Amri, Mondher Toumi, Samuel Aballéa, Adam Plich and Nicolas Roche BMC Pulmonary Medicine BMC series – open, inclusive and trusted 201717:99 Open Peer Review reports Abstract Background Dry…

Prevalence and characteristics of asthma–COPD overlap syndrome identified by a stepwise approach

ORIGINAL RESEARCH  International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Volume 2017:12 Pages 1803—1810  DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S133859 Hiromasa Inoue,1 Takahide Nagase,2 Satoshi Morita,3 Atsushi Yoshida,4 Tatsunori Jinnai,4 Masakazu Ichinose51Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima…

Advanced Role of Neutrophils in Common Respiratory Diseases

Journal of Immunology ResearchVolume 2017 (2017), Article ID 6710278, 21 pageshttps://doi.org/10.1155/2017/6710278 Review Article Jinping Liu,1 Zhiqiang Pang,2 Guoqiang Wang,2 Xuewa Guan,2 KeyongFang,3 Ziyan Wang,2 and Fang Wang2 1Institute of Frontier Medical Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China2Department of Pathogen Biology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin…