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Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2013 December 1.
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Published online 2013 October 30. doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2013.10.005
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Rethinking the Prevalence of Exercise Induced Bronchoconstriction in Patients with Asthma
Jonathan M. Gaffin, MD, MMSc,1,2 Alisha Bouzaher, BA,3,* Michael McCown, DO,1,2 Katherine Larabee Tuttle, MD,3Elliot Israel, MD,2,4 and Wanda Phipatanakul, MD, MS2,3
The publisher's final edited version of this article is available at Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol
Exercise induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) is reported in up to 90 percent of patients with asthma1–3. However, the body of literature leading to these estimates is confounded by varying diagnostic methodologies, employing different measures and modes of challenges, and relative lack of population-based studies. Athlete4 and military5 cohorts dominate the epidemiologic data....
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