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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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    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)