Variability in airway inflammation, symptoms, lung function and reliever use in asthma: anti-inflammatory reliever hypothesis and STIFLE study design

Tim Harrison, Ian D. Pavord, James D. Chalmers, Glenn Whelan, Malin Fagerås, Annika Rutgersson, Laura Belton, Shahid Siddiqui, Per Gustafson

Source: ERJ Open Res, 6 (2) 00333-2019; 10.1183/23120541.00333-2019
Journal Issue: April
Disease area: Airway diseases

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