Obstructive spirometry patterns in young adults with asthma and rhinitis from rosario, Argentina
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Background Asthma and allergic rhinitis have become a growing public health problem. The airflow obstruction, pathophysiological event that frames the bronchial asthma is usually determined by spirometry. Changes in expiratory flow in asthma are well known but there is controversy with these results in allergic rhinitis. The objective of this project is to compare spirometry values of young adults without respiratory disease with individuals of the same age group who have: allergic rhinitis without bronchial asthma or bronchial asthma without allergic rhinitis.
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