[Does extrinsic asthma exist?].
Asthma cannot be triggered exclusively by external causes, even allergy. For it to develop, the subject must have pathological bronchial hyper-reactivity. On the contrary, however, asthma cannot be explained solely by intrinsic causes, metabolic or endocrine. It persists only in those subjects who have bronchial hyper-reactivity. The authors suggest a new definition of asthma, designed to replace the semi-logical definition of Charpin: Asthma is a dyspnoeic bronchospasmodic crisis that is linked with the existence of pathological bronchial hyper-reactivity.
Germouty
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Service de Pathologie Respiratoire et d'Allergologie, Hôpital du Cluzeau Chu, Limoges.
Eichler
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Melloni
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Savy
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D001249:Asthma / Q000209:etiology*; D001986:Bronchial Spasm / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans
L'asthme extrinsèque existe-t-il?