NIH CLINICAL CENTER GRAND ROUNDS
Episode 2010-26
Time: 00:59:49
Recorded September 15, 2010

Developing New Therapeutic Strategies for Severe Asthma
Stewart J. Levine, MD
Chief, Laboratory of Asthma and Lung Inflammation, Pulmonary and Vascular Medicine Branch, NHLBI

Systemic Capillary Leak Syndrome (Clarkson's Disease)
Kirk Druey, MD
Chief, Molecular Signal Transduction Section, Laboratory of Allergic Diseases, NIAID

ANNOUNCER: Discussing Outstanding Science of the Past, Present and Future - this is NIH Clinical Center Grand Rounds.

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Greetings and welcome to NIH Clinical Center Grand Rounds, recorded September 15, 2010 at America's Clinical Research Hospital, the Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. This time, Dr. Stewart J. Levine, chief of the Laboratory of Asthma and Lung Inflammation in the Pulmonary and Vascular Medicine Branch of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute will present, "Developing New Therapeutic Strategies for Severe Asthma." He will be followed by Dr. Kirk Druey, chief of the Molecular Signal Transduction Section in the Laboratory of Allergic Diseases at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who will discuss "Systemic Capillary Leak Syndrome", also known as "Clarkson's Disease."

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We take you to the Lipsett Ampitheater at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland for today's presentation.

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