Difficult to treatment asthma, is it really asthma? Is it really difficult?

With the judicious use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and B2 agonists most patients with asthma are easily controlled and managed. However, approximately 5–10% of asthmatics did not respond to standard therapy and are classified as “difficult to treat asthma, DTA”. Many factors can contribute to p...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Amin, Assem Fouad, Esam Gad El-rab
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S042276381300246X