Is asthma a risk factor for COVID-19? Are phenotypes important?
- Xavier Muñoz1,2,3⇑,
- Florencia Pilia1,
- Iñigo Ojanguren1,2,
- C. Romero-Mesones1 and
- María-Jesús Cruz1,2
- 1Servei de Pneumologia Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- 2CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- 3Departamento de Biología Celular, Fisiología e Inmunología, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Dr Xavier Muñoz, Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital General Vall d'Hebron, Passeig Vall d'Hebron, 119, 08035 Barcelona. E-mail: xmunoz{at}vhebron.net
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Conflict of interest: Dr. Munoz reports personal fees from AstraZeneca, personal fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, grants and personal fees from GlaxoSmithkline, grants from Menarini, personal fees from Novartis, personal fees from Teva, personal fees from Mundifarma, grants and personal fees from Chiesi, personal fees from Faes, outside the submitted work.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Pilia has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Ojanguren reports personal fees from GSK, personal fees from Astrazeneca, personal fees from Novatirs, personal fees from Boeheringuer_ingelheim, personal fees from Bial, personal fees from MSD, personal fees from Esteve, personal fees from Chiesi, grants and personal fees from Mundipharma, personal fees from TEVA, outside the submitted work.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Romero-Mesones has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Cruz has nothing to disclose.
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- Received April 25, 2020.
- Accepted October 27, 2020.
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