Is hyperreactivity correlated with the degree of airway inflammation.
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.
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Department of Internal Medicine, University of Freiburg, FRG.
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Eltschka
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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