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    Ozone-Induced Bronchial Hyperreactivity

    Ozone (03) is a powerful oxidizing agent which is classified as a “secondary air pollutant”. Secondary air pollutants are not emitted into the atmosphere but formed from subsequent atmospheric chemical reactions ...

    Wil H. M. Stevens, Paul M. O’Byrne in Airways Smooth Muscle: Modelling the Asthm… (1996)

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    Future Trends in the Use of Corticosteroids in Asthma

    Corticosteroids have been used to treat a variety of airway diseases since the early 1950s, following an initial study of Carryer et al. [1], who reported the benefits of oral cortisone on ragweed pollen-induc...

    Paul M. O’Byrne in Asthma: Epidemiology, Anti-Inflammatory Therapy and Future Trends (2000)

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    Mechanisms and Management of Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction

    The term “exercise-induced asthma” has been used to describe the transient narrowing of the airways and the subsequent increase in airway resistance, which can occur during, though more commonly following, vig...

    John D. Brannan, Paul M. O'Byrne in Allergy Frontiers: Therapy and Prevention (2010)

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    Anti-IgE and Biologic Approaches for the Treatment of Asthma

    Current asthma treatments are effective for the majority of patients with mild-to-moderate disease. However, in those with more severe refractory asthma, agents other than inhaled corticosteroids and beta-agon...

    Patrick D. Mitchell, Amani I. El-Gammal… in Pharmacology and Therapeutics of Asthma an… (2017)