title: [Asthma or asthma-like condition?].
abstract: Asthma is currently seen as an inflammatory disease of the airways. The clinical characteristics are any of a variety of airway symptoms occurring in conjunction with bronchial obstruction (which is reversible on treatment with beta 2-agonists or steroids) and bronchial hyper-responsiveness. The symptoms can be triggered by a variety of factors and the clinical picture is not uniform. The most common differential diagnoses are chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD) and asthma-like conditions unaccompanied by bronchial obstruction.
authors.affiliation: Allergicentrum, Sahlgrenska sjukhuset, Göteborg.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Löwhagen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ellbjär
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jörgensen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000503:physiopathology; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000503:physiopathology; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis