Mepolizumab eligibility in children with severe asthma – do we need paediatric specific criteria?

B. Davies (Birmingham, United Kingdom), D. Chinthala (Birmingham, United Kingdom), S. Frost (Birmingham, United Kingdom), I. Brookes (Birmingham, United Kingdom), P. Kenia (Birmingham, United Kingdom), S. Rao (Birmingham, United Kingdom), P. Nagakumar (Birmingham, United Kingdom)

Source: International Congress 2019 – Severe acute asthma and troublesome wheezing
Session: Severe acute asthma and troublesome wheezing
Session type: Thematic Poster
Number: 950
Disease area: Airway diseases, Paediatric lung diseases

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