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  1. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA

    Samuel Louie MD, Nicholas J. Kenyon MD, Kimberly A. Hardin MD & Ken Y. Yoneda MD

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Louie, S., Kenyon, N.J., Hardin, K.A., Yoneda, K.Y. (2006). Adult-Onset Asthma. In: Gershwin, M.E., Albertson, T.E. (eds) Bronchial Asthma. Current Clinical Practice. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59745-014-6:113

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