Prevalence, disease burden, and treatment reality of patients with severe, uncontrolled asthma in Japan

Background: The severe asthma and severe, uncontrolled asthma (SUA) populations in Japan are not well-studied. We investigated the prevalence of continuously treated severe asthma and SUA patients, their disease burden, and the treatment reality via a Japanese health insurance claims database. Metho...

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Main Authors: Hiroyuki Nagase, Mitsuru Adachi, Kazuto Matsunaga, Atsushi Yoshida, Tomoko Okoba, Nobuya Hayashi, Kahaku Emoto, Yuji Tohda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Allergology International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1323893019300772