Are type-2 biomarkers of any help in asthma diagnosis?. Issue 2 (20th July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Nekoee, Haleh; Graulich, Emmanuel; Schleich, Florence; Guissard, Françoise; Paulus, Virginie; Henket, Monique; Donneau, Anne Françoise; Louis, Renaud
• Is Part Of: ERJ open research. Volume 6:Issue 2(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-07-20
• Subjects: Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Respiration -- Periodicals; Respiration; Respiratory organs -- Diseases; Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Treatment; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Electronic journals; Fulltext; Internet Resources; Periodicals; Periodical; 616.2005
• DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00169-2020
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2312-0541

Abstract

Asthma is a common chronic airway disease, the diagnosis of which remains challenging, as recently highlighted by the great proportion of both under- and overdiagnosis [1]. The current diagnosis is based on the conjunction of suggestive symptoms and the demonstration of an excessive airway calibre fluctuation either by a bronchodilation test or by a bronchial challenge [2, 3]. T2 biomarkers lack the accuracy to make an asthma diagnosis in patients with suggestive symptoms https://bit.ly/3hYnnHu