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  • Title: [New techniques in the study of asthma].
    Author: Olaguíbel JM, Alvarez MJ, Uribe P, García BE, Tabar AI.
    Journal: An Sist Sanit Navar; 2003; 26 Suppl 2():57-63. PubMed ID: 13679964.
    Abstract:
    Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways that is functionally characterized by variability of lung function and bronchial hyper-responsiveness. Its diagnosis and management is commonly hampered by the lack of objective parameters. This article reviews additional techniques for evaluating both, lung function (bronchial challenge with adenosin-monophosphate, lung resistance measurement by either the impulse oscillometry system or whole body pletismography) and bronchial immuno-inflammatory response (induced sputum, condensates of exhaled air, monitoring of nitric oxide in exhaled air), as well as our experience with them.
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