Family and twin studies on methacholine hypersensitivity

Family and twin studies on methacholine hypersensitivity

Essentially all asthmatics demonstrate a marked sensitivity to inhaled methacholine and histamine, termed non-specific bronchial (airway) hyperresponsiveness (BHR). Airway hyperresponsiveness is a characteristic not only of asthmatics, but can be found in many persons with allergic rhinitis as well...

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Main Author: Robert G Townley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1998-01-01
Series:Allergology International
Subjects:
adenylate cyclase
airway hyperresponsiveness
allergic rhinitis
asthma
asthmatics
bronchial (airway) hyperresponsiveness
chromosome
cytokines
eosinophils
families
genetic
histamine
IgE
methacholine
phosphodiesterase
twins
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1323893015315550

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