title: Asthmatics with high levels of serum surfactant protein D have more severe disease.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Medicina Specialistica, Sezione di Pneumologia, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Alida
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benfante
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Medicina Specialistica, Sezione di Pneumologia, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-2867-917X
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Battaglia
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Medicina Specialistica, Sezione di Pneumologia, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Principe
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Medicina Specialistica, Sezione di Pneumologia, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Di Mitri
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Medicina Specialistica, Sezione di Pneumologia, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paternò
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Medicina Specialistica, Sezione di Pneumologia, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Spatafora
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Medicina Specialistica, Sezione di Pneumologia, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy nicola.scichilone@unipa.it.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Scichilone
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001249:Asthma / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D037663:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein D / Q000097:blood*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests / Q000379:methods; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013223:Statistics as Topic
chemical_list: D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents; D015415:Biomarkers; D037663:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein D