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Recommendations of the Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR)
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Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Difficult-to-Control Asthma
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Correspondence: Dr. A. López-Viña. Servicio de Neumología. Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro. San Martín de Porres, 4. 28035 Madrid. España
, R. Agüero-Balbínb, J.L. Aller-Álvarezc, T. Bazús-Gonzálezd, F.B. García-Cosioe, A. de Diego-Damiáf, E. Martínez-Moragóng, A. Pereira-Vegah, V. Plaza-Morali, G. Rodríguez-Trigoj, J.R. Villa-Asensik, Assembly on Asthma of the Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR)
a Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain
b Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
c Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario, Valladolid, Spain
d Servicio de Neumología, Hospital de Cabueñes, Gijón, Spain
e Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario Son Dureta, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
f Servicio de Neumología, Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain
g Servicio de Neumología, Hospital de Sagunto, Sagunto, Valencia, Spain
h Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Juan Ramón Jiménez, Huelva, Spain
i Servicio de Neumología, Hospital de la Santa Creu i de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
j Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Juan Canalejo, A Coruña, Spain
k Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital del Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain
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