Asthma Year in Review.
10.4046/trd.2010.69.6.411
- Author:
Sang Ha KIM
1
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea. sanghakim@yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Asthma;
Rhinitis;
Cluster analysis;
Mannitol;
mepolizumab
- MeSH:
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized;
Asthma;
Cluster Analysis;
Eosinophils;
Mannitol;
Phenotype;
Rhinitis
- From:Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
2010;69(6):411-417
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
This review highlights articles pertaining to the following 5 topics: the relationship between asthma, allergic and non-allergic rhinitis; the novel asthma phenotypes using cluster analysis; the diagnostic properties of inhaled dry-powder mannitol for the diagnosis of asthma; the value of mepolizumab therapy in exacerbations of refractory eosinophilic asthma; the role of bronchial thermoplasty in the treatment of severe asthma.
