"Ovarian asthma"-- act or fancy?
Hormonal interactions have been suspected of worsening airways dysfunction in a subgroup of female asthmatics. Despite reports of fatal and near-fatal asthma attacks associated with menstruation, there is little consensus about the impact of this biologic function on the clinical expression of asthma. The authors present a young asthmatic female whose episodic and potentially fatal worsening of asthma typically occurred within the days prior to her menses in the absence of other trigger factors.
Gotthardt
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Clark
J D
JD
Roy
T M
TM
D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D015984:Causality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008597:Menstrual Cycle; D010366:Peak Expiratory Flow Rate / Q000502:physiology; D011293:Premenstrual Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D011374:Progesterone / Q000097:blood
D011374:Progesterone