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Allergens as trigger factors for allergic respiratory diseases and severe asthma during thunderstorms in pollen season

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  1. Division of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Department of Chest Diseases, High specialty Hospital A. Cardarelli Naples, Naples, Italy

    Gennaro D’Amato

  2. Medical School of Specialization in Respiratory Diseases, University on Naples Federico II, Rione Sirignano, 10-80121, Naples, Italy

    Gennaro D’Amato

  3. University of Perugia, Via Borgo XX Giugno, 74 06121, Perugia, Italy

    Emma Tedeschini & Giuseppe Frenguelli

  4. First Division of Pneumology, High specialty Hospital ‘V. Monaldi’, Naples, Italy

    Maria D’Amato

  5. University ‘Federico II’ Medical School Naples, Naples, Italy

    Maria D’Amato

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D’Amato, G., Tedeschini, E., Frenguelli, G. et al. Allergens as trigger factors for allergic respiratory diseases and severe asthma during thunderstorms in pollen season. Aerobiologia 35, 379–382 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10453-019-09560-8

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