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Case Report

A rare case of refractory asthma managed with azathioprine

Saminder Singh KalraDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; Correspondence[email protected]
, MD &
Ibrahim LamiaDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USACorrespondence[email protected]
, MD
Pages 1039-1041 | Received 10 Feb 2019, Accepted 01 Jun 2019, Published online: 14 Jun 2019

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