The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 122, Issue 4 , Pages 697-699, October 2008

Asthma exacerbations: Putting a lid on the volcano

  • Stanley J. Szefler, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Stanley J. Szefler, MD, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, 1400 Jackson Street, Room J304 Molly Blank Building, Denver, CO 80206.

Divisions of Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology and Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, Colo

Received 18 August 2008; accepted 27 August 2008.

Key words: Asthma, asthma control, asthma impairment, asthma risk, asthma exacerbations

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 Supported in part by Public Health Services Research Grants HR-16048, HL64288, HL 51834, AI-25496, HL081335, and HL075416; General Clinical Research Center Grant 5 MO1 RR00051; and the Colorado Cancer, Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Disease Program.

 Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: S. J. Szefler has served as a consultant for AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Aventis, Genentech, and Merck and has received research support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Childhood Asthma Management Program, NHLBI Childhood Asthma Research and Education, the NIH/NHLBI Asthma Clinical Research Network, the NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Inner-City Asthma Consortium, and Ross Pharmaceuticals.

PII: S0091-6749(08)01554-6

doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2008.08.022

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 122, Issue 4 , Pages 697-699, October 2008

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