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The upper respiratory system is one of the most common sites of infection for adults, but even more so for children. Several viruses, from variable families, cause upper respiratory infections which, although ...
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A Current Perspective of Allergic Asthma: From Mechanisms to Management
Asthma is a result of heterogenous, complex gene–environment interactions with variable clinical phenotypes, inflammation, and remodeling. It affects more than 330 million of people worldwide throughout their ...