Clinical characteristics of the severe allergic asthma phenotype.
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Over 50% of severe asthma patients have an allergic component.1
Allergic asthma is an easily recognised asthma phenotype,2 and patients with this condition may have:
IgE, immunoglobulin E; SAA, severe allergic asthma.
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- Global Initiative for Asthma: Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention. Available at: https://ginasthma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GINA-Main-Report-2022-F... [Accessed July 2022].
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- Haselkorn T et al. Asthma 2006;43(10):745–752.