Diurnal variation in asthma.
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چکیده
It has been known for many hundreds of years that asthma is worse at night. Sir John Floyer in his classic 'Treatise of the Asthma' (1698) wrote: 'I have observed the fit always to happen after Sleep in the Night when Nerves are filled with windy Spirits, and the heat of the bed has rarified the Spirits and Humours'. l Although these exacerbations are a well established clinical phenomenon, the precise reasons for them and an entirely satisfactory method of treating many of them are still unknown.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of disease in childhood
دوره 59 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1984