Asthma diagnosis and management approach based on phenotype and endotype

Asthma is a severe and growing threat affecting both children and adults in both developing and developed world, currently affecting approximately 8% of US population. It is becoming increasingly recognized as a syndrome constituted by airway obstruction, airway hyperresponsiveness, and airway infla...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Kuan-Hsiang Gary Huang (auth), Gary, Kuan-Hsiang, editor (editor), Tsai, Chen Hsuan Sherry, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, England : IntechOpen 2018
[2018]
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Sumario:Asthma is a severe and growing threat affecting both children and adults in both developing and developed world, currently affecting approximately 8% of US population. It is becoming increasingly recognized as a syndrome constituted by airway obstruction, airway hyperresponsiveness, and airway inflammation with different causes, associated risk factors, and underlying pathophysiology. The advances in basic and clinical research of asthma have accelerated over the past 20 years with increasing diagnostic tools, especially biomarkers, that led to specific characterization of individual patient's asthma pathophysiology, or disease ""phenotype"" and ""endotype,"" which allowed precision medicine therapies, including new asthma biologics. This book aims to update the paradigm shifts in precision medicine of asthma diagnosis and management, driven by underlying phenotypes or endotypes.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (216 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781838815240
9781789233230
Acceso:Open access