Clinical characteristics of the severe allergic asthma phenotype.
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Think allergy
7 out of 10 severe asthma patients have allergic atopy.1
Allergic asthma is an easily recognised asthma phenotype,2 and patients with this condition may have:
IgE, immunoglobulin E; SAA, severe allergic asthma.
References
- The ENFUMOSA Study Group. Eur Respir J 2003;22(3):470–477.
- Global Initiative for Asthma. Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention. 2019. Available at: ginasthma.org [Accessed April 2020].
- Humbert M et al. Eur Respir J 2018;51(5):1702523.
- Haselkorn T et al. Asthma 2006;43(10):745–752.
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