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Asthma: Origin, Mechanisms, and Clinical Aspects

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Although asthma responds to therapy directed at changes in the airways of the bronchial tree, the cause of the asthmatic response may lie elsewhere. Thus, treatment may need to be directed at the specific causative factor and at any organ or tissue that is primarily responsible. It is not possible to provide an accurate breakdown of the frequency with which other sites are etiologically involved, but in a large proportion of asthmatic patients infectious disorders in the upper respiratory tract appear to initiate the bronchospastic reaction. A relatively small proportion of cases of asthma are attributable as secondary reactions to primary diseases located in various organs of the body, including the lungs themselves.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Olive View Medical Center, UCLA School of Medicine, Sylmar, CA, USA

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  1. Istituto di Malattie Respiratorie, Policlinico — Pad. Litta, Via F. Sforza, 35, Milano, 20100, Italy

    Luigi Allegra M.D.

  2. Centro di Farmacologia Respiratoria, Via Vanvitelli, 32, Milano, 20129, Italy

    Pier Carlo Braga M.D.

  3. Servizio di Fisiopatologia Respiratoria, Ospedale di Bussolengo, Via Ospedale, 2, Bussolengo (Verona), 37012, Italy

    Roberto Dal Negro M.D.

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Ziment, I. (1993). Asthma: Origin, Mechanisms, and Clinical Aspects. In: Allegra, L., Braga, P.C., Dal Negro, R. (eds) Methods in Asthmology. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2263-8_3

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