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March 20, 2024
Vol. 95 No. 1 (2025)
Evaluation of patients’ satisfaction with domiciliary biological treatment in severe asthma: a Portuguese survey
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Dear Editor,
According to the Global Initiative for Asthma, severe asthma is defined as uncontrolled asthma, despite therapy adherence with an optimized high dose of inhaled corticosteroid plus long-acting β2-agonist coupled with management of modifiable factors/comorbidities, that worsens when this treatment is decreased...
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Ethics Approval
The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee for Health of ULS Matosinhos (institutional committee of the Pedro Hispano Hospital), document no 86/CES/JAS.How to Cite
“Evaluation of patients’ Satisfaction With Domiciliary Biological Treatment in Severe Asthma: A Portuguese Survey”. 2024. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 95 (1). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2024.2865.
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