Characteristics of patients with acute asthma in the emergency department in Brazil

A. K. Fernandes, F. Mallmann, F. L. Nogueira, A. M. P. Steinhorst, F. J. Machado, M. G. Raymundi, D. Saucedo, E. M. Avila, P. T. R. Dalcin, S. S. Menna-Barreto (Porto Alegre, Brazil)

Source: Annual Congress 2002 - Severe and fatal asthma
Session: Severe and fatal asthma
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 1323
Disease area: Airway diseases

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