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The following new article have just been published in Asthma Research and Practice: Exhaled biomarkers in childhood asthma: old and new approaches

Review – Open Access   Valentina Ferraro, Silvia Carraro, Sara Bozzetto, Stefania Zanconato and Eugenio Baraldi   Asthma Research and Practice 2018 4:9 Abstract Background Asthma is a chronic condition usually characterized by underlying inflammation. The study of asthmatic inflammation is…

Assessment of predictors for acute asthma attack in asthmatic patients visiting an Ethiopian hospital: are the potential factors still a threat?

Research – Open Access Sewunet Admasu Belachew Daniel Asfaw Erku, Dawit Kumilachew Yimenu and Begashaw Melaku Gebresillassie Asthma Research and Practice 201 84:8 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40733-018-0044-7 Abstract Background Recurrent exacerbations in patients with moderate or severe asthma are the major causes of morbidity, mortality…

Asthma Research and Practice: Effect of adjusting the combination of budesonide/formoterol on the alleviation of asthma symptoms

Research – Open Access Asthma Research and Practice 2018 4:7 Ryosuke Souma, Kumiya Sugiyama, Hiroyuki Masuda, Hajime Arifuku, Kentaro Nakano, Hiroyoshi Watanabe, Tomoshige Wakayama, Shingo Tokita, Masamitsu Tatewaki, Hideyuki Satoh, Kenya Koyama, Yumeko Hayashi, Fumiya Fukushima, Hirokuni Hirata, Masafumi Arima, Kazuhiro Kurasawa, Takeshi Fukuda and Yasutsugu Fukushima https://doi.org/10.1186/s40733-018-0043-8 Abstract Background The combination of budesonide + formoterol (BFC) offers the advantages of dose adjustment in a single inhaler…

The following new article have just been published in Asthma Research and Practice: Associations of physical activity with childhood asthma, a population study based on the WHO – health behaviour in school-aged children survey

Asthma Research and Practice Lene Lochte, Poul Erik Petersen, Kim G. Nielsen, Anette Andersen and Thomas A. E. Platts-Mills Asthma Research and Practice 2018 4:6 https://doi.org/10.1186/s407 Abstract Background Asthma in paediatric populations is one of the highest public health concerns. In this study of children…