Wheezing in morbidly obese patients is not always due to asthma

A. van Huisstede, A. Rudolphus, H. Zengerink, G. J. van de Geijn, P. Hiemstra, G. J. Braunstahl (Rotterdam, Leiden, Netherlands)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Respiratory epidemiology: methods, definitions and phenotypes
Session: Respiratory epidemiology: methods, definitions and phenotypes
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 4165
Disease area: Airway diseases

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