Are type-2 biomarkers of any help in asthma diagnosis?

Asthma is a common chronic airway disease, the diagnosis of which remains challenging, as recently highlighted by the great proportion of both under- and overdiagnosis [1]. The current diagnosis is based on the conjunction of suggestive symptoms and the demonstration of an excessive airway calibre f...

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Veröffentlicht in:ERJ open research 2020-04, Vol.6 (2), p.169
Hauptverfasser: Nekoee, Haleh, Graulich, Emmanuel, Schleich, Florence, Guissard, Françoise, Paulus, Virginie, Henket, Monique, Donneau, Anne Françoise, Louis, Renaud
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Zusammenfassung:Asthma is a common chronic airway disease, the diagnosis of which remains challenging, as recently highlighted by the great proportion of both under- and overdiagnosis [1]. The current diagnosis is based on the conjunction of suggestive symptoms and the demonstration of an excessive airway calibre fluctuation either by a bronchodilation test or by a bronchial challenge [2, 3]. T2 biomarkers lack the accuracy to make an asthma diagnosis in patients with suggestive symptoms https://bit.ly/3hYnnHu
ISSN:2312-0541
2312-0541
DOI:10.1183/23120541.00169-2020