Asthma update: epidemiology and pathophysiology.
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Introduction Asthma continues to be the leading serious chronic illness among children, responsible for 10 million lost school days each year and costing more than $12 billion per year. Asthma is not a series of episodic events over time, but a state of airway inflammation and hyperresponsiveness that has variable manifestations within a given patient and between individuals. In this first of two articles, we review the epidemiology and pathophysiology of asthma. The second part reviews diagnosis, classification of severity, and management of asthma.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Pediatrics in review
دوره 25 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004