Volume 53, Issue 1, 2016 Abstract Objective: To evaluate the long-term efficacy and safety of bronchial thermoplasty (BT) in the treatment of patients with moderate-to-severe persistent asthma. Methods: We therefore…
Review Article Seminars in Immunopathology pp 1-14 Open Access Leonie van Rijt , Helen von Richthofen, Ronald van Ree Abstract Allergic asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the lower airways that affects millions of people worldwide. Allergic asthma…
Occup Med (Lond) (2016) 66 (2): 95–105 doi:10.1093/occmed/kqv158 J. Borak1,2 and R. Y. Lefkowitz2 Abstract Background Bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) is often regarded as a ‘hallmark’ of asthma and bronchoprovocation testing is frequently performed to support a diagnosis of…
William W. Busse, Ronald Dahl, Christine Jenkins, Alvaro A. Cruz Abstract Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways that is a major global burden on both individuals and healthcare systems. Despite guideline-directed treatment, a…
Allergy and Asthma Proceedings ISSN: 1088-5412, Online ISSN: 1539-6304 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2500/aap.2016.37.3907 Volume 37, Issue 1, pages 50–56 Copyright © 2016, OceanSide Publications, Inc., U.S.A. Désirée E. Larenas-Linnemann, M.D.; Ralph Mösges, M.D., Ph.D. From the Department of…
Volume 3, No. 12, p973–984, December 2015 Prof Henriette A Smit, PhD†, Mariona Pinart, PhD†, Prof Josep M Antó, MD, Prof Thomas Keil, MD, Prof Jean Bousquet, MD, Prof Kai H Carlsen, MD, Prof Karel G M Moons, PhD, Lotty Hooft, PhD, Prof Karin…
Article in Press Ozge Soyer,Cinar Ozen, Ozlem Cavkaytar, Cagri Senyücel, Yildiz Dallar Open Access DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.alit.2015.12.002 Abstract Background Although right middle lobe (RML)-atelectasis of the lungs is a common complication of…
Research I. H. Heijink123*, M. R. Jonker1, M. de Vries13, A. J. M. van Oosterhout13, E. Telenga23, N. H. T. ten Hacken23, D. S. Postma23 and M. van den Berge23 Respiratory Research 2016, 17:2 doi:10.1186/s12931-015-0318-z Abstract Background COPD patients have a…
November/December 2015, Volume 22 Issue 6: 341-347 C de Olim | D Bégin | L-P Boulet | A Cartier | M Gérin | C Lemière BACKGROUND: Specific inhalation challenges (SIC) enable the identification of the agent…
Letter to the Editors Open Access Allergy Asthma Immunol Res. 2016 Jan;8(1):84-85. English. http://dx.doi.org/10.4168/aair.2016.8.1.84 Maria Angela Tosca,1 Michela Silvestri,1 Nicoletta Solari,1 Giovanni Arturo Rossi,1 and Giorgio Ciprandi2 Jang and colleagues investigated the relationship between exhaled nitric…