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Reviews and feature articles Current reviews of allergy and clinical immunology
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Asthma, influenza, and vaccination
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W. Paul Glezen, MD, Houston, Tex
Continuing Medical Education examination: Asthma, influenza, and vaccination 1207 Molecular mechanisms in allergy and clinical immunology
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Biologic immune modifiers: Trials and tribulations—are we there yet?
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Mark Ballow, MD, Buffalo, NY
Continuing Medical Education examination: Biologic immune modifiers: Trials and tribulations—are we there yet?
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Asthma diagnosis and treatment Original articles Features of severe asthma in school-age children: Atopy and increased exhaled nitric oxide
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Anne M. Fitzpatrick, PhD, Benjamin M. Gaston, MD, Serpil C. Erzurum, MD, and W. Gerald Teague, MD, for the National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Severe Asthma Research Program, Atlanta, Ga, Charlottesville, Va, and Cleveland, Ohio
Children with severe asthma have unique features compared with children with mildto-moderate asthma. These features may be easily identified by pulmonary function tests and noninvasive measures of atopy and airway inflammation.
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Editors’ Choice (p 1197)
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Video available online at www.jacionline.org
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