The impact of the first COVID-19 surge on severe asthma patients in the UK. Which is worse: the virus or the lockdown?

Steven J. Smith, John Busby, Liam G. Heaney, Paul E. Pfeffer, David J. Jackson, Freda Yang, Stephen J. Fowler, Andrew Menzies-Gow, Elfatih Idris, Thomas Brown, Robin Gore, Shoaib Faruqi, Paddy Dennison, James W. Dodd, Simon Doe, Adel H. Mansur, Radhika Priyadarshi, Joshua Holmes, Andrew Hearn, Hamsa Al-Aqqad, Lola Loewenthal, Angela Cooper, Lauren Fox, Mayurun Selvan, Michael G. Crooks, Alison Thompson, Daniel Higbee, Michelle Fawdon, Vishal Nathwani, LeanneJo Holmes, Rekha Chaudhuri

Source: ERJ Open Res, 7 (1) 00768-2020; 10.1183/23120541.00768-2020
Journal Issue: January
Disease area: Airway diseases, Respiratory infections

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Steven J. Smith, John Busby, Liam G. Heaney, Paul E. Pfeffer, David J. Jackson, Freda Yang, Stephen J. Fowler, Andrew Menzies-Gow, Elfatih Idris, Thomas Brown, Robin Gore, Shoaib Faruqi, Paddy Dennison, James W. Dodd, Simon Doe, Adel H. Mansur, Radhika Priyadarshi, Joshua Holmes, Andrew Hearn, Hamsa Al-Aqqad, Lola Loewenthal, Angela Cooper, Lauren Fox, Mayurun Selvan, Michael G. Crooks, Alison Thompson, Daniel Higbee, Michelle Fawdon, Vishal Nathwani, LeanneJo Holmes, Rekha Chaudhuri. The impact of the first COVID-19 surge on severe asthma patients in the UK. Which is worse: the virus or the lockdown?. ERJ Open Res, 7 (1) 00768-2020; 10.1183/23120541.00768-2020

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