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Airway hyperresponsiveness: a story of mice and men and cytokines.
Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology - 1 Feb 2003
Townley Robert G, Horiba Masahide
Abstract excerpt
Bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) is an essential part of the definition of asthma. Although our understanding of the allergic inflammatory and immunologic mechanisms of asthma have markedly increased, the mechanism of BHR remains to be elucidated. Increased BHR is associated temporally with exposure to allergens, certain respiratory viruses, pollutants such as ozone, and certain occupational chemicals. An...
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