Choosing wisely: practical considerations on treatment efficacy and safety of asthma in the elderly

The prevalence of asthma in the most advanced ages is similar to that of younger ages. However, the concept that older individuals may suffer from allergic asthma has been largely denied in the past, and a common belief attributes to asthma the definition of “rare” disease. Indeed, asthma in the eld...

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Main Authors: Scichilone, Nicola, Ventura, Maria T, Bonini, Matteo, Braido, Fulvio, Bucca, Caterina, Caminati, Marco, Del Giacco, Stefano, Heffler, Enrico, Lombardi, Carlo, Matucci, Andrea, Milanese, Manlio, Paganelli, Roberto, Passalacqua, Giovanni, Patella, Vincenzo, Ridolo, Erminia, Rolla, Giovanni, Rossi, Oliviero, Schiavino, Domenico, Senna, Gianenrico, Steinhilber, Gundi, Vultaggio, Alessandra, Canonica, Giorgio
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4476207/