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Clinical entities, phenotypes, causation, and endotypes based on selected asthma publications

Gilbert BerdineDepartment of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas
, MD,
Robert AlexanderDepartment of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas
, BS &
Kenneth NugentDepartment of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TexasCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD
Pages 580-585 | Received 05 May 2020, Accepted 02 Jul 2020, Published online: 27 Jul 2020

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