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ReviewJournal of family medicine and primary care2021

An update on the diagnostic biomarkers for asthma.

Rashmi Pandey, Ved Parkash, Surya Kant, Ajay K Verma, S N Sankhwar, Avinash Agrawal, Devendra Parmar, Sheetal Verma, Md Kaleem Ahmad

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Review in Journal of family medicine and primary care, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Rashmi PandeyDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Ved ParkashDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Surya KantDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Ajay K VermaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
S N SankhwarDepartment of Urology, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Avinash AgrawalDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Devendra ParmarDepartment of Development Toxicology, CSIR IITR, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Sheetal VermaDepartment of Microbiology, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Md Kaleem AhmadDepartment of Biochemistry, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Asthma is a respiratory disorder accounts for ~339 million cases per annum. The initial diagnosis of asthma relies on the symptomatic identification of characters, such as wheeze, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and cough. The presence of two or more of these symptoms may be considered as indicative of asthma. The asthma-diagnostic also involves spirometry test before and after inhaling a bronchodilator like albuterol. Because asthma pathophysiology involves participation of immune system, the cytokines play an important role. The review discusses various molecules that are or may be used as biomarkers for the asthma diagnosis.

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AsthmachronicIL-17interleukinsrespiratory

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PMID34041141
PMCPMC8140254

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