Bronchial Hyperreactivity
"Bronchial Hyperreactivity" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Tendency of the smooth muscle of the tracheobronchial tree to contract more intensely in response to a given stimulus than it does in the response seen in normal individuals. This condition is present in virtually all symptomatic patients with asthma. The most prominent manifestation of this smooth muscle contraction is a decrease in airway caliber that can be readily measured in the pulmonary function laboratory.
| Descriptor ID |
D016535
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C08.127.210
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| Concept/Terms |
Bronchial Hyperreactivity- Bronchial Hyperreactivity
- Bronchial Hyperreactivities
- Hyperreactivities, Bronchial
- Hyperreactivity, Bronchial
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bronchial Hyperreactivity" by people in Profiles.
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Respiratory syncytial virus affects pulmonary function in BALB/c mice. J Infect Dis. 1998 Feb; 177(2):269-76.
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RSV and chronic asthma. Lancet. 1995 Sep 23; 346(8978):789-90.