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Clinical Focus: Pulmonary and Respiratory Conditions - Original Research

Inflammatory profile in optimally treated patients with adult versus early-onset asthma

Anastasia Papaporfyriou2nd Respiratory Medicine Department, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, GreeceView further author information
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Andriana I Papaioannou2nd Respiratory Medicine Department, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, GreeceView further author information
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Geogrios Hillas5th Pulmonary Department, “Sotiria” Chest Diseases Hospital, Athens, GreeceView further author information
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Elissavet Konstantelou1st Respiratory Medicine Department, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, GreeceView further author information
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Eleni Tseliou2nd Respiratory Medicine Department, “Sotiria” Chest Diseases Hospital, Athens, GreeceView further author information
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Nikolaos Koulouris1st Respiratory Medicine Department, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, GreeceView further author information
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Spyros Papiris2nd Respiratory Medicine Department, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, GreeceView further author information
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Petros Bakakos1st Respiratory Medicine Department, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, GreeceView further author information
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Konstantinos Kostikas2nd Respiratory Medicine Department, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Stelios Loukides2nd Respiratory Medicine Department, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, GreeceView further author information
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Pages 324-329 | Received 09 Dec 2018, Accepted 26 Mar 2019, Published online: 04 Apr 2019

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