Background: Obese asthma is a complex syndrome with certain phenotypes that differ in children and adults. There is no clear evidence regarding the presence of additive or synergistic pathological interaction between obesity ...

Background: Allergic and autoimmune diseases are caused by an impaired immunological response resulting from different types of T-helper (Th) cells. Since the Th cell production is in a certain balance, an inverse relationship ...

Background: Guidelines such as Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) recommend disease control as the mainstay of asthma management. Objective: To investigate which measure of asthma control best correlates with the GINA ...

Asthma is one of the most common medical conditions encountered during pregnancy, occurring in 3-8% of pregnant women [1-3]. Pregnancy may also be associated with changes in the course of asthma that were previously present, ...