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| Elisabeth BelSummaryAffiliation: Leiden University Medical Center Country: The Netherlands Publications
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Clinical phenotypes of asthmaElisabeth H Bel
Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands
Curr Opin Pulm Med 10:44-50. 2004..A precise definition of asthma phenotypes is now becoming more and more important, not only for a better understanding of pathophysiologic mechanisms, but in particular to ascertain the specific genes associated with these phenotypes...
A rational approach to the management of severe refractory asthmaElisabeth Bel
Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
Treat Respir Med 4:365-79. 2005..Novel potent anti-inflammatory therapies aimed at reducing the need for systemic corticosteroids in patients with severe, refractory asthma are urgently needed...
Illness perceptions and quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseMargreet Scharloo
Medical Psychology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
J Asthma 44:575-81. 2007..The results of this study are discussed in relation to the associations found in other illnesses...
"Refractory" eosinophilic airway inflammation in severe asthma: effect of parenteral corticosteroidsAnneke ten Brinke
Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Leeuwarden Medical Center, The Netherlands
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 170:601-5. 2004..This implies that these patients with severe asthma need additional or alternative antiinflammatory treatment to combat the eosinophilia and associated poor prognosis...
Severe asthma in adults: what are the important questions?Pascal Chanez
INSERM U454 and Clinique des Maladies Respiratoires, Montpellier, France
J Allergy Clin Immunol 119:1337-48. 2007..Inhaled corticosteroids and bronchodilators are the mainstay of treatment, but patients with SRA remain uncontrolled, indicating a need for new therapies...
Asthma therapy and airway remodelingThais Mauad
Department of Pathology, Sao Paulo University Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
J Allergy Clin Immunol 120:997-1009; quiz 1010-1. 2007..Progress in this area requires the explicit linking of modern structure-function analysis with innovative biopharmaceutical approaches...
An electronic nose in the discrimination of patients with asthma and controlsSilvano Dragonieri
Department of Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
J Allergy Clin Immunol 120:856-62. 2007..Exhaled breath contains thousands of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that could serve as biomarkers of lung disease. Electronic noses can distinguish VOC mixtures by pattern recognition...
"Hot stuff": bronchial thermoplasty for asthmaElisabeth H Bel
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 173:941-2. 2006
Smoking: a neglected cause of glucocorticoid resistance in asthmaElisabeth H Bel
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 168:1265-6. 2003
Chronic sinusitis in severe asthma is related to sputum eosinophiliaAnneke ten Brinke
Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
J Allergy Clin Immunol 109:621-6. 2002..Whether sinus disease directly affects the intensity of bronchial inflammation is still an unanswered question...
