"Asthma is a chronic lung disease characterized by recurrent and intermittent episodes or attacks in which the linings of the airways swell, mucus blo...
BackgroundThe morbidity and mortality from asthma have markedly increased since the late 1970s. The hospitalization rate, an important marker of asthm...
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