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Allergic rhinitis: the “Ghost Diagnosis” in patients with asthma

Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a common comorbidity of asthma that contributes to asthma severity. Although over 80 % of asthmatics have AR, the condition is frequently underdiagnosed in subjects with asthma. AR it...

Authors: Maureen Egan and Supinda Bunyavanich

Psychological aspects in asthma: do psychological factors affect asthma management?

Despite the regular treatment with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) or ICS plus long-acting beta2-agonists, permits to control de majority of asthmatics, a significant proportion of patients does not respond to t...

Authors: Ilaria Baiardini, Francesca Sicuro, Francesco Balbi, Giorgio Walter Canonica and Fulvio Braido

Allergen immunotherapy in asthma; what is new?

The use and role of allergen immunotherapy (AIT) in asthma is still a matter of debate, and no definite recommendation about this is made in guidelines, both for the subcutaneous and sublingual routes. This is...

Authors: Giovanni Passalacqua, Anthi Rogkakou, Marcello Mincarini and Giorgio Walter Canonica

Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction: new evidence in pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment

The acute airway narrowing that occurs as a result of exercise is defined exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB). Most recent guidelines recommend distinguishing EIB with underlying clinical asthma (EIB_A) fro...

Authors: Matteo Bonini and Paolo Palange

Asthma research and practice: a new journey begins

Authors: Juan C. Celedon, Giovanni Passalacqua and Giorgio Walter Canonica

The patient with rhinitis in the pharmacy. A cross-sectional study in real life

In the practical management of allergic rhinitis (AR), pharmacists are usually the first-line contact, also because some medications are available as over the counter. Therefore, pharmacists may represent an i...

Authors: Carlo Lombardi, Eleonora Musicco, Francesco Rastrelli, Germano Bettoncelli, Giovanni Passalacqua and Giorgio Walter Canonica

Vitamin D supplementation decreases Aspergillus fumigatus specific Th2 responses in CF patients with aspergillus sensitization: a phase one open-label study

Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) complicated by allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) are vitamin D deficient and in vitro treatment with 1,25 (OH)₂ vitamin D₃ of CD4+ cells from CF patients with ABPA ...

Authors: Nikki Lynn Hue Nguyen, Joseph M. Pilewski, Juan C. Celedón, Sivanarayana Mandalapu, Megan L. Blanchard, Adrienne DeRicco, Elizabeth Hartigan, John F. Alcorn and Jay K. Kolls

Asthma and obesity: mechanisms and clinical implications

Obesity is the most common asthma co-morbidity; it has been associated with increased risk for asthma exacerbations, worse respiratory symptoms and poor control. The exact mechanisms remain elusive and are pro...

Authors: Cynthia Wilson Baffi, Daniel Efrain Winnica and Fernando Holguin