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The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology

Table 2 Methods of initial diagnosis of bronchial asthma in both studied groups

From: Assessment of asthma mimics among newly diagnosed bronchial asthma patients in Zagazig University Hospitals

Physician

Group (1) (n = 89)

Group (2) (n = 111)

Test of significance

P value

Clinical only

26 (29.2%)

89 (80.2%)

52.5

 < 0.001

Clinical and spirometry

63 (70.8%)

22 (19.8%)a

  1. aThe initial spirometric results of these patients were normal
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