Free serum IL-18 levels and responsiveness to omalizumab in patients with severe asthma

Tomoko Tajiri (Kyoto-shi, Japan), Tomoko Tajiri, Hisako Matsumoto, Yasuhiro Gon, Reiko Ito, Shu Hashimoto, Kenji Izuhara, Junya Ono, Shoichiro Ohta, Isao Ito, Tsuyoshi Oguma, Hideki Inoue, Toshiyuki Iwata, Tadao Nagasaki, Yoshihiro Kanemitsu, Akio Niimi, Michiaki Mishima

Source: International Congress 2016 – Asthma: mechanisms and biomarkers that promote clinical understanding
Session: Asthma: mechanisms and biomarkers that promote clinical understanding
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 575
Disease area: Airway diseases

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Tomoko Tajiri (Kyoto-shi, Japan), Tomoko Tajiri, Hisako Matsumoto, Yasuhiro Gon, Reiko Ito, Shu Hashimoto, Kenji Izuhara, Junya Ono, Shoichiro Ohta, Isao Ito, Tsuyoshi Oguma, Hideki Inoue, Toshiyuki Iwata, Tadao Nagasaki, Yoshihiro Kanemitsu, Akio Niimi, Michiaki Mishima. Free serum IL-18 levels and responsiveness to omalizumab in patients with severe asthma. Eur Respir J 2016; 48: Suppl. 60, 575

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