Asthma has been classified according to recognizable clusters of demographics, clinical and/or patophysiological characteristics (phenotypes). However there is no standardized method or agreed-upon classification system to define asthma phenotypes.
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These phenotypic clusters help in identifying different subtypes of asthmatic patients. However clustering has not yet led to differential treatment strategies (2). Reference: |
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