Number needed to treat (NNT) to prevent one exacerbation per year with omalizumab (OMA) In children with inadequately controlled allergic (IgE-mediated) asthma

B. Lanier, A. Fowler Taylor, C. Fernandez Vidaurre, M. Blogg (Fort Worth, East Hanover, United States Of America; Horsham, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Managing asthma and allergic disease in children
Session: Managing asthma and allergic disease in children
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2640
Disease area: Airway diseases

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