%0 Journal Article
%T Body Composition in Severe Refractory Asthma: Comparison with COPD Patients and Healthy Smokers
%A Markos Minas
%A Andriana I. Papaioannou
%A Agori Tsaroucha
%A Zoe Daniil
%A Chrissi Hatzoglou
%A Markos Sgantzos
%A Konstantinos I. Gourgoulianis
%A Konstantinos Kostikas
%J PLOS ONE
%D 2012
%I Public Library of Science (PLoS)
%R 10.1371/journal.pone.0013233
%X Body composition is an important parameter for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) whereas the association between asthma and obesity is not fully understood. The impact of severe refractory asthma (SRA) on fat free mass (FFM) has not been investigated.
%U http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0013233