title: Is hyperreactivity correlated with the degree of airway inflammation.
abstract: 10 patients with a history of bronchial asthma showed in the symptom-free interval a clear negative correlation between bronchial hyperreactivity and airway inflammation measured by mc. 10 normal subjects without any history of asthma and no signs of airway inflammation showed unimpaired mc-measurements, and the same degree of hyperreactivity as the symptom-free asthmatics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Freiburg, FRG.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matthys
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Herceg
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eltschka
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001980:Bronchi / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008448:Maximal Expiratory Flow Rate; D008875:Middle Aged; D009079:Mucociliary Clearance