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. 2021 Aug;51(8):1080-1084.
doi: 10.1111/cea.13888. Epub 2021 May 11.

Aeroallergen sensitization for detecting asthma in primary care: A diagnostic test accuracy study

Janwillem W H Kocks  1   2   3 , Heinze J H Andringa  1   2 , Ellen van Heijst  2   4 , Renaud Louis  5 , Inigo Ojanguren Arranz  6   7   8 , Roland A Riemersma  1 , Dermot Ryan  9 , Omar S Usmani  10 , Bertine M J Flokstra-de Blok  1   2   11
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Aeroallergen sensitization for detecting asthma in primary care: A diagnostic test accuracy study

Janwillem W H Kocks et al. Clin Exp Allergy. 2021 Aug.
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HJHA, EvH, RAR and BMJFdB declare that they have no competing interests. JWHK reports grants, personal fees and non‐financial support from AstraZeneca, grants, personal fees and non‐financial support from Boehringer Ingelheim, grants and personal fees from Chiesi Pharmaceuticals, grants, personal fees and non‐financial support from GSK, grants and personal fees from Novartis, grants from MundiPharma, grants from TEVA, outside the submitted work, all paid to his institution; and JWHK holds 72.5% of shares in the General Practitioners Research Institute. RL reports grants and personal fees from GSK, grants and personal fees from AZ, grants and personal fees from Novartis, grants from Chiesi, outside the submitted work. IOA reports personal fees from Astrazeneca, grants and personal fees from Boehringuer Inguelheim, personal fees from GlaxoSmithKlein, personal fees from Novartis, personal fees from MSD, grants and personal fees from Chiesi, personal fees from Menarini, personal fees from TEVA, personal fees from BIAL, grants and personal fees from Mundipharma, outside the submitted work. DR reports grants from EAACI, grants from AUKCAR, personal fees from Regeneron, personal fees from MEDA, personal fees from AZ, personal fees from Chiesi, personal fees from BI, personal fees from Novartis, outside the submitted work. OSU reports grants and personal fees from astra zeneca, grants and personal fees from boehringer ingelheim, grants and personal fees from chiesi, grants and personal fees from glaxosmithkline, personal fees from napp, personal fees from mundipharma, personal fees from sandoz, personal fees from takeda, grants from edmond pharma, personal fees from cipla, personal fees from covis, personal fees from novartis, personal fees from mereobiopharma, personal fees from orion, personal fees from menarini, outside the submitted work. The authors report no other conflicts of interest in this work. The abstract of this letter was presented at the ERS Virtual Congress 2020 as E‐poster.

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Flow chart patient inclusion. sIgE, Specific immunoglobulin E; BdR ≥ 12%, Increase in FEV1 of ≥12% and ≥200 mL compared to the FEV1 prior to bronchodilatation; ICS, inhaled corticosteroids; *Patients examined for diagnoses other than asthma; #“Control” patients where the pulmonologist indicated no obstructive lung disease and no asthma or COPD
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