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Genetics of aspirin induced asthma.
Aspirin induced asthma (AIA) is more common in women than in men. The first symptoms of the disease are often a viral respiratory infection which is followed by a prolonged and perennial rhinitis. Nasal congestion, anosmia, and rhinorrhoea are accompanied by nasal polyps which are found on physical examination in about half the patients. Within a few years bronchial asthma develops, characteris...
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Aspirin-induced asthma (AIA) should be recognized as an important types of bronchial asthma for the following reasons. 1) The pathogenesis of AIA is specific. Inhibition of cyclooxygenase a (key enzyme for the production of prostanoids from arachidonic acid) by non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAID) is an important trigger of asthma attacks. 2) The frequency of AIA is not low. It is estim...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.55.suppl_2.s45