title: Affirmation of the adoration of the vagi and role of tiotropium in asthmatic patients.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Division, Department of Medicine, Lakewood Regional Medical Center (LRMC), and the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif. Electronic address: afgelb1@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Arthur F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Gelb
authors.affiliation: Departments of Medicine, Physiology, and Radiology, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, Calif.
authors.forename: Jay A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Nadel
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008959:Models, Neurological; D018727:Muscarinic Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects / Q000294:innervation / Q000503:physiopathology; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D000069447:Tiotropium Bromide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D001993:Bronchodilator Agents; D018727:Muscarinic Antagonists; D000069447:Tiotropium Bromide
keywords: Asthma guidelines; asthma–chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; emphysema; tiotropium