Usefulness of Mepolizumab for Mucus Plugs

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.3531-24

. 2024 Nov 15;63(22):3113-3114.

doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.3531-24. Epub 2024 Mar 25.

Usefulness of Mepolizumab for Mucus Plugs

Masamitsu Hamakawa¹, Tadashi Ishida¹

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PMID: 38522905
PMCID: PMC11637785
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.3531-24

Usefulness of Mepolizumab for Mucus Plugs

Masamitsu Hamakawa et al. Intern Med. 2024.

. 2024 Nov 15;63(22):3113-3114.

doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.3531-24. Epub 2024 Mar 25.

Authors

Masamitsu Hamakawa¹, Tadashi Ishida¹

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¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Japan.

PMID: 38522905
PMCID: PMC11637785
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.3531-24

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Keywords: mepolizumab; mucus plug; severe asthma.

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[1] Agarwal R, Chakrabarti A, Shah A, et al. .; the ABPA complicating asthma ISHAM working group . Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis: review of literature and proposal of new diagnostic and classification criteria. Clin Exp Allergy 43: 850-873, 2013. - PubMed

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[3] Dunican EM, Elicker BM, Gierada DS, et al. .; the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Severe Asthma Research Program (SARP) . Mucus plugs in patients with asthma linked to eosinophilia and airflow obstruction. J Clin Invest 128: 997-1009, 2018. - PMC - PubMed

[4] Dunican EM, Elicker BM, Gierada DS, et al. .; the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Severe Asthma Research Program (SARP) . Mucus plugs in patients with asthma linked to eosinophilia and airflow obstruction. J Clin Invest 128: 997-1009, 2018. - PMC - PubMed

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