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Abstract
Tendency of the smooth muscle of the tracheobronchial tree to contract more intensely in response to a given stimulus than it does in the response seen in normal individuals. This condition is present in virtually all symptomatic patients with asthma. The most prominent manifestation of this smooth muscle contraction is a decrease in airway caliber that can be readily measured in the pulmonary function laboratory.
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- Bronchial Hyperreactivities
- Hyperreactivities, Bronchial
- Hyperreactivity, Bronchial
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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 category; if present in asthma, coord IM with ASTHMA /physiopathol (IM)
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- Asthma (1970-1991)
- Bronchi (1970-1991)
- Respiratory Hypersensitivity (1970-1991)
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- National Library of Medicine. Bronchial Hyperreactivity. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016535. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016535
- Bronchial Hyperreactivity. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronchial_hyperresponsiveness
- Bronchial Hyperreactivity. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3801533