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  • Title: [Asthma and bronchial hyperreactivity. Current concepts].
    Author: Faber J, Van Meerhaeghe A.
    Journal: Rev Med Brux; 1991; 12(1-2):9-18. PubMed ID: 2014367.
    Abstract:
    During the last decade much progress has been done in the understanding of the pathogenesis of asthma. The concept of a bronchospastic disease has been replaced by that of a chronic desquamating eosinophilic bronchitis. Bronchial inflammation is primarily responsible for airway hyperresponsiveness, the hallmark of asthma. An abnormality of a subtype of muscarinic receptors probably plays a permissive role.
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