Preparing asthmatic patients to climb to extreme high altitude (asthma Aconcagua expedition)

S. Seys, M. Daenen, L. Dupont (Leuven, Genk, Belgium)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Phenotyping airway diseases
Session: Phenotyping airway diseases
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 4717
Disease area: Airway diseases

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