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Descriptor English:   Bronchial Hyperreactivity 
Descriptor Spanish:   Hiperreactividad Bronquial 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Hiper-Reatividade Brônquica 
Tree Number:   C08.127.210
Definition English:   Tendency of the smooth muscle of the tracheobronchial tree to contract more intensely in response to a given stimulus than it does in the response seen in normal individuals. This condition is present in virtually all symptomatic patients with asthma. The most prominent manifestation of this smooth muscle contraction is a decrease in airway caliber that can be readily measured in the pulmonary function laboratory. 
Indexing Annotation English:   note category; if present in asthma, coord IM with ASTHMA /physiopathol (IM)
See Related English:   Asthma
 
History Note English:   92 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy EC economics
EM embryology EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SU surgery
TH therapy US ultrasonography
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   30224 
Unique Identifier:   D016535 

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