Diseases

Asthma

A form of bronchial disorder with three distinct components: airway hyper-responsiveness (RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY), airway INFLAMMATION, and intermittent AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION. It is characterized by spasmodic contraction of airway smooth muscle, WHEEZING, and dyspnea (DYSPNEA, PAROXYSMAL).

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A form of bronchial disorder with three distinct components: airway hyper-responsiveness (RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY), airway INFLAMMATION, and intermittent AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION. It is characterized by spasmodic contraction of airway smooth muscle, WHEEZING, and dyspnea (DYSPNEA, PAROXYSMAL).

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3 entry terms
  • Asthma, Bronchial
  • Bronchial Asthma
  • Asthmas

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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note specifics; ASTHMA, CARDIAC see DYSPNEA, PAROXYSMAL is also available; in historical literature consider indexing "phthisic" here; "phthisis" probably goes under TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY

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  1. C08w.127.108w
  2. C08w.381.495w.108w
  3. C08w.674.095w
  4. C20w.543w.480w.680.095w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Asthma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001249. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001249
  2. Asthma. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asthma
  3. Asthma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35869