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EDITORIAL
Asthma: ICS as a rescue approach - following the patients’ preferences
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2nd Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, “Attikon” Hospital, Athens, Greece
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1st Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, «Sotiria» Hospital of Chest Diseases, Athens, Greece
Corresponding author
Stelios Loukides
2nd Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, “Attikon” Hospital, 1 Rimini street, 12562, Athens, Greece
2nd Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, “Attikon” Hospital, 1 Rimini street, 12562, Athens, Greece
Pneumon 2019;32(4):127–129
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