Do insights from mice imply that combined Th2 and Th17 therapies would benefit select severe asthma patients?

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Matthew E Poynter. Ann Transl Med. 2016 Dec.

. 2016 Dec;4(24):505.

doi: 10.21037/atm.2016.11.79.

¹ Vermont Lung Center, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.

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