Bronchial Asthma - Emerging Therapeutic Strategies

Edited by Elizabeth Sapey, ISBN 978-953-51-0140-6, Hard cover, 260 pages, Publisher: InTech, Published: February 29, 2012 under CC BY 3.0 license, in subject Pulmonology
DOI: 10.5772/1077

Asthma remains a serious health concern for millions of people globally. Despite continuing research interest, there have been few advancements that impact clinically on patient care, potentially because asthma has been treated as a homogeneous entity, rather than the heterogeneous condition it is. This book introduces cutting-edge research, which targets specific phenotypes of asthma, highlighting the differences that are present within this disease, and the varying approaches that are utilized to understand it.

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BOOK CONTENTS

• Chapter 1The Natural History of Asthmaby Elizabeth Sapey and Duncan Wilson
• Chapter 2Bronchial Challenge Testingby Lutz Beckert and Kate Jones
• Chapter 3Determination of Biomarkers in Exhaled Breath Condensate: A Perspective Way in Bronchial Asthma Diagnosticsby Kamila Syslová, Petr Kačer, Marek Kuzma, Petr Novotný and Daniela Pelclová
• Chapter 4Immune Mechanisms of Childhood Asthmaby T. Negoro, Y. Yamamoto, S. Shimizu, A. H. Banham, G. Roncador, H. Wakabayashi, T. Osabe, T. Yanai, H. Akiyama, K. Itabashi and Y. Nakano
• Chapter 5Allergic Asthma and Agingby Gabriele Di Lorenzo, Danilo Di Bona, Simona La Piana, Vito Ditta and Maria Stefania Leto-Barone
• Chapter 6Airway Smooth Muscle: Is There a Phenotype Associated with Asthma?by Gautam Damera and Reynold A. Panettieri, Jr.
• Chapter 7Fluoride and Bronchial Smooth Muscleby Fedoua Gandia, Sonia Rouatbi, Badreddine Sriha and Zouhair Tabka
• Chapter 8Management of Asthma in Childrenby Abdulrahman Al Frayh
• Chapter 9Mechanisms of Reduced Glucocorticoid Sensitivity in Bronchial Asthmaby Yasuhiro Matsumura
• Chapter 10Antioxidant Strategies in the Treatment of Bronchial Asthmaby Martin Joyce-Brady, William W. Cruikshank and Susan R. Doctrow
• Chapter 11Rehabilitation and Its Concernby Ganesan Kathiresan
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