A GP guide to severe asthma in adults
Roughly 10% of Australians with asthma have severe disease, with potentially significant effects on quality of life and mortality
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Need to know:
Asthma is a heterogeneous disease characterised by chronic airway inflammation, reversible expiratory airflow limitation and airway hyper-responsiveness.1