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Dixon Comments on Obesity and Asthma Study in Healio.com Article

April 17, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson

(APRIL 17, 2023) A study by Professor of Medicine Anne Dixon, B.M.B.Ch., and colleagues found that using oscillometry testing may allow physicians to identify patients with asthma and obesity who have a phenotype that may be related to worse symptoms and more severe disease, Healio.com reported.

Anne Dixon, B.M.B.Ch.

(APRIL 17, 2023) Healio.com reported on a study published in the journal CHEST that found that using oscillometry testing may allow physicians to identify patients with asthma and obesity who have a phenotype that may be related to worse symptoms and more severe disease. According to Professor of Medicine Anne Dixon, B.M.B.Ch., and colleagues, this testing may identify patients with obesity who have subclinical abnormalities without any clinically diagnosed lung disease as well.

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