Response of the airways and autonomic nervous system to acid perfusion of the esophagus in patients with asthma: a laboratory study

BACKGROUND: Gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) predisposes to airway disease through a vagally-mediated esophago-bronchial reflex. This study investigates this vagal response to esophageal acid perfusion. METHODS: 40 asthmatics with mild stable asthma participated. Each subject underwent spirom...

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Autores principales: Amarasiri, D Lakmali, Pathmeswaran, Arunasalam, de Silva, H Janaka, Ranasinha, Channa D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3682888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23724936
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-13-33

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3682888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23724936
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-13-33

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