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Asthma : causes, complications & treatment /
Book Description: Asthma is a complex disorder characterized by variable and recurring symptoms, airflow obstruction, bronchial hyper-responsiveness, and underlying inflammation. Although asthma is commonly thought of as a disease of children and young adults, a significant percentage of the older a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hauppauge, N.Y. :
Nova Science,
2012.
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| Colección: | Pulmonary and respiratory diseases and disorders
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Book Description: Asthma is a complex disorder characterized by variable and recurring symptoms, airflow obstruction, bronchial hyper-responsiveness, and underlying inflammation. Although asthma is commonly thought of as a disease of children and young adults, a significant percentage of the older adult population is affected and carry a higher rate of morbidity and mortality from the disease. This book examines the causes, complications and treatment of asthma with topics including mathematical modelling in aspirin-induced asthma; the role of neuroimmune and psychological systems in the pathophysiology of bronchial asthma; special considerations of asthma in older adults; changes in the respiratory epithelium in bronchial asthma; and epidemiology of asthma during pregnancy--Preface. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 154 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781622574537 1622574532 |