The APEX study: A retrospective review of outcomes in patients with severe allergic asthma who were or were not hospitalised in the year prior to omalizumab initiation in UK clinical practice

N. Barnes, A. Mansur, A. Menzies-Gow, A. Radwan, on behalf of the APEX study investigators (London, Birmingham, Frimley/Camberley, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Clinical aspects and treatment of asthma and allergic respiratory diseases
Session: Clinical aspects and treatment of asthma and allergic respiratory diseases
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2338
Disease area: Airway diseases

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