Manifesto on small airway involvement and management in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an Interasma (Global Asthma Association - GAA) and World Allergy Organization (WAO) document endorsed by Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) and Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA2LEN)

Abstract Evidence that enables us to identify, assess, and access the small airways in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has led INTERASMA (Global Asthma Association) and WAO to take a position on the role of the small airways in these diseases. Starting from an extensive liter...

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Main Authors: F. Braido, N. Scichilone, F. Lavorini, O. S. Usmani, L. Dubuske, L. P. Boulet, R. Mosges, C. Nunes, M. Sanchez-Borges, I. J. Ansotegui, M. Ebisawa, F. Levi-Schaffer, L. J. Rosenwasser, J. Bousquet, T. Zuberbier, G. Walter Canonica, A. Cruz, A. Yanez, A. Yorgancioglu, D. Deleanu, G. Rodrigo, J. Berstein, K. Ohta, P. Vichyanond, R. Pawankar, S. N. Gonzalez-Diaz, S. Nakajima, T. Slavyanskaya, A. Fink-Wagner, C. Baez Loyola, D. Ryan, G. Passalacqua, J. Celedon, J. C. Ivancevich, K. Dobashi, M. Zernotti, M. Akdis, S. Benjaponpitak, S. Bonini, W. Burks, L. Caraballo, Z. Awad El-Sayed, S. Fineman, P. Greenberger, E. Hossny, J. A. Ortega-Martell, H. Saito, M. Tang, L. Zhang, for Interasma Executive Board, ARIA, GA2LEN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-10-01
Series:World Allergy Organization Journal
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40413-016-0123-2