Results reinforce the usefulness of a brief, easy to administer, patient-based index of asthma control.
BACKGROUND We wondered whether short-term coseasonal sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) can reduce the development of asthma in children with hay fever in an open randomized study. OBJECTIVE We sought...
Exposure to at least one course of antibiotics in the first year of life appears to be a risk factor for the development of childhood asthma. Because of the limitations of the studies conducted to...
analysis, Asthma, epidemiology, Birth Weight, genetics, Finland, Aging, Female, Seasons, Infant, Newborn, Eosinophils, Respiratory system, Prospective cohort study, Medicine, Family history...
(2004) Nathan et al. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Background: Asthma guidelines indicate that the goal of treatment should be optimum asthma control. In a busy clinic practice with l...
BackgroundAsthma is a disease characterized by a chronic inflammation of the airways caused by the interaction of genetic susceptibility with environmental factors. Inflammation and remodeling are...
This review describes the biosynthesis of nitrogen oxide, its relationship with asthmatic inflammation and its possible role in modulating immune response to inhaled allergens. Nitric oxide has bee...
International guidelines on asthma management indicate that the primary goal of treatment should be optimum asthma control. The aim of this study was to develop and validate the Asthma Control Ques...
Asthma is a major cause of morbidity and lost productivity. Despite the tremendous burden of this disease, the scientific community is still struggling to find an effective means of prevention. The...
Studies in animal models form the basis for much of our current understanding of the pathophysiology of asthma, and are central to the preclinical development of drug therapies. No animal model com...