Journal of Asthma and Allergy » Volume10
Ken Junyang Goh,1 Anthony Chau Ang Yii,1,2 Therese Sophie Lapperre,1,2 Adrian KW Chan,1–3 Fook Tim Chew,4 Sanjay H Chotirmall,5,* Mariko Siyue Koh1–3,*
1Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, 2Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School, 3Allergy Centre, Singapore General Hospital, 4Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 5Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
*These authors contributed equally to this work
Background: Severe asthma is a largely heterogeneous disease with varying phenotypic profiles. The relationship between specific allergen sensitization and asthma severity, particularly in Asia, remains unclear. We aim to study the prevalence of specific allergen sensitization patterns and investigate their association with outcomes in a severe asthma cohort in an Asian setting.