Stopping versus continuing long-term mepolizumab treatment in severe eosinophilic asthma (COMET study)

Wendy C. Moore, Oliver Kornmann, Marc Humbert, Claude Poirier, Elisabeth H. Bel, Norihiro Kaneko, Steven G. Smith, Neil Martin, Martyn J. Gilson, Robert G. Price, Eric S. Bradford, Mark C. Liu

Source: Eur Respir J, 59 (1) 2100396; 10.1183/13993003.00396-2021
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