Should reversibility be assessed in all asthmatic children with normal spirometry?

Edouard Dufetelle, Plamen Bokov, Christophe Delclaux, Nicole Beydon

Source: Eur Respir J, 52 (2) 1800373; 10.1183/13993003.00373-2018
Journal Issue: August
Disease area: Airway diseases, Paediatric lung diseases

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