Open AccessThe Treatment of Mild and Moderate Asthma in Adults
Author(s) -
Marek Lommatzsch,
Roland Buhl,
Stephanie Korn
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
deutsches ärzteblatt international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.436
H-Index - 60
ISSN - 1866-0452
DOI - 10.3238/arztebl.2020.0434
Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , formoterol , pharmacotherapy , anticholinergic , intensive care medicine , population , airway obstruction , drug , desensitization (medicine) , budesonide , airway , anesthesia , pharmacology , receptor , environmental health
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disease that usually causes variable airway obstruction. It affects 5-10% of the German population.