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Characteristics of Acute Asthma Patients Attended Frequently Compared with Those Attended Only Occasionally in an Emergency Department

Andréia Kist Fernandes Faculty of Medicine, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Felipe Mallmann Faculty of Medicine, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Ana Maria Pasquali Steinhorst Faculty of Medicine, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Fernando Lopes Nogueira Faculty of Medicine, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Eduardo Müller Ávila Faculty of Medicine, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Dumitriu Zunino Saucedo Faculty of Medicine, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Francisco Juchem Machado Faculty of Medicine, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Marcelo Gregório Raymundi Faculty of Medicine, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Sérgio Saldanha Menna Barreto Faculty of Medicine, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Paulo de Tarso Roth Dalcin Faculty of Medicine, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, BrazilCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 683-690 | Published online: 13 Jan 2005

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