CF asthma: what is it and what do we do about it?

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作者
Balfour-Lynn, IM
Elborn, JS
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[1] Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust, Dept Paediat Resp Med, London SW3 6NP, England
[2] Belfast City Hosp, Reg Resp Ctr, Belfast BT9 7AB, Antrim, North Ireland
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10.1136/thorax.57.8.742
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R56 [呼吸系及胸部疾病];
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摘要
The diagnosis of "CF asthma" is problematic and it is difficult to determine which patients have a combination of CF and asthma and which have asthma like symptoms caused by inflammation of the CF lung. This may not matter, however; the relevance lies in the possible approaches to treatment.
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