Targeting Airway Remodeling in Severe Asthma: Is There a Window of Opportunity for Biologic Therapy Predicting Effects Using Causal Artificial Intelligence?
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Authors
- J. Christian Virchow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4291-1956)
- Giorgio Walter Canonica (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8467-2557)
- Sebastiano Gangemi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7001-6532)
- Sara Manti
Institutions
- University of Messina (IT)
- Humanitas University (IT)
- Istituto Ortopedico Gaetano Pini (IT)
- Universitätsmedizin Rostock (DE)
- IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Allergy
- Published
- 2026-08-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/all.70468
- Primary Topic
- Asthma and respiratory diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00