SEVERE ASTHMA: PHENOTYPES AND ROLE OF SMALL AIRWAYS



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The role of small airways in severe asthma is discussed. The involvement of small airways in the inflammatory process increases the importance of the value delivery systems for effective anti-inflammatory therapy. Extrafine aerosol beclomethasone dipropionate / formoterol (Foster) delivers the drug in the small bronchi significantly improving patient outcomes.

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R S Fassakhov

Kazan Research institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of Rospotrebnadzor; Kazan State Medical Academy

Email: farrus@mail.ru

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