 Asthma
"Asthma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A form of bronchial disorder with three distinct components: airway hyper-responsiveness (RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY), airway INFLAMMATION, and intermittent AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION. It is characterized by spasmodic contraction of airway smooth muscle, WHEEZING, and dyspnea (DYSPNEA, PAROXYSMAL).
| Descriptor ID |
D001249
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C08.127.108 C08.381.495.108 C08.674.095 C20.543.480.680.095
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| Concept/Terms |
Asthma- Asthma
- Asthmas
- Bronchial Asthma
- Asthma, Bronchial
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Asthma" by people in this website by year, and whether "Asthma" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1981 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1983 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1984 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1985 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1988 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1989 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1990 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1991 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 1992 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1993 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 1994 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 1995 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 1996 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 1997 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 1998 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 1999 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | 2000 | 7 | 3 | 10 | | 2001 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2002 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2003 | 14 | 2 | 16 | | 2004 | 11 | 4 | 15 | | 2005 | 13 | 4 | 17 | | 2006 | 12 | 4 | 16 | | 2007 | 6 | 2 | 8 | | 2008 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2009 | 7 | 5 | 12 | | 2010 | 7 | 5 | 12 | | 2011 | 10 | 1 | 11 | | 2012 | 15 | 3 | 18 | | 2013 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2014 | 8 | 1 | 9 | | 2015 | 9 | 2 | 11 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Asthma" by people in Profiles.
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Trivedi M, ElMallah M, Bailey E, Kremer T, Rhein LM. Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Asthma: Clinical Implications. Pediatr Ann. 2017 09 01; 46(9):e332-e335.
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Hahn DL, Webley W. Chronic Chlamydia pneumoniae lung infection: a neglected explanation for macrolide effects in wheezing and asthma? Lancet Respir Med. 2016 Mar; 4(3):e8.
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Stefan MS, Nathanson BH, Priya A, Pekow PS, Lagu T, Steingrub JS, Hill NS, Goldberg RJ, Kent DM, Lindenauer PK. Hospitals' Patterns of Use of Noninvasive Ventilation in Patients With Asthma Exacerbation. Chest. 2016 Mar; 149(3):729-36.
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Scheuplein F, Lamont DJ, Poynter ME, Boyson JE, Serreze D, Lundblad LK, Mashal R, Schaub R. Mouse Invariant Monoclonal Antibody NKT14: A Novel Tool to Manipulate iNKT Cell Function In Vivo. PLoS One. 2015; 10(10):e0140729.
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Hammer AM, Morris NL, Cannon AR, Shults JA, Curtis B, Casey CA, Sueblinvong V, Persidsky Y, Nixon K, Brown LA, Waldschmidt T, Mandrekar P, Kovacs EJ, Choudhry MA. Summary of the 2014 Alcohol and Immunology Research Interest Group (AIRIG) meeting. Alcohol. 2015 Dec; 49(8):767-72.
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Shipe R, Burdick MD, Strieter BA, Liu L, Shim YM, Sung SS, Teague WG, Mehrad B, Strieter RM, Rose CE. Number, activation, and differentiation of circulating fibrocytes correlate with asthma severity. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2016 Mar; 137(3):750-7.e3.
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Belfort MB, Cohen RT, Rhein LM, McCormick MC. Preterm infant growth and asthma at age 8 years. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2016 May; 101(3):F230-4.
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Webley WC, Aldridge KL. Infectious asthma triggers: time to revise the hygiene hypothesis? Trends Microbiol. 2015 Jul; 23(7):389-91.
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Bacewicz A, Wang W, Ashouri J, ElMallah MK. Children with Chronic Lung Disease: Facilitating Smoking Cessation for their Caregivers. J Community Health. 2015 Jun; 40(3):409-13.
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DeChristopher LR, Uribarri J, Tucker KL. Intakes of apple juice, fruit drinks and soda are associated with prevalent asthma in US children aged 2-9 years. Public Health Nutr. 2016 Jan; 19(1):123-30.
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