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Association Between Allergen Exposure in Inner-City Schools and Asthma Morbidity Among Students

  JAMA Pediatrics William J. Sheehan, MD1,2; Perdita Permaul, MD2,3; Carter R. Petty, MA4; et alBrent A. Coull, PhD5; Sachin N. Baxi, MD1,2; Jonathan M. Gaffin, MD, MMsc2,6; Peggy S. Lai, MD, MPH2,5,7; Diane R. Gold, MD, MPH2,5,8; Wanda Phipatanakul, MD, MS1,2 Author Affiliations Article Information JAMA Pediatr. Published online November 21, 2016. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.2543   Key Points Question  What is…

Risk of asthma in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome: a retrospective cohort study

BMC Pulmonary Medicine RESEARCH ARTICLE – OPEN ACCESS – OPEN PEER REVIEW BMC Pulmonary Medicine BMC series – open, inclusive and trusted 2016 16:152 DOI: 10.1186/s12890-016-0312-3 Te-Chun Shen, Hsuan-Ju Chen, Chang-Ching Wei, Chia-Hung Chen, Chih-Yen Tu, Te-Chun Hsia, Chuen-Ming Shih, Wu-Huei Hsu, Fung-Chang Sung†Email author and Da-Tian Bau† Email author Open Peer Review reports Abstract…

Phase 3 study of reslizumab in patients with poorly controlled asthma: Effects across a broad range of eosinophil counts

Chest. 2016;150(4):799-810. doi:10.1016/j.chest.2016.03.018 Jonathan Corren, MD; Steven Weinstein, MD; Lindsay Janka, MS; James Zangrilli, MD; Margaret Garin, MD Abstract Abstract | Methods | Results | Discussion | Acknowledgments | Supplementary Data | References Background  IL-5, a mediator of eosinophil activity, is an important potential…