The Correlation Between Allergen, Acetylcholine and Histamine-induced Bronchoconstriction

Overview

Journal Agents Actions

Specialty Pharmacology

Date 1984 Dec 1

PMID 6532173

Authors

I Zimmermann

A A Bugalho de Almeida

W T Ulmer

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Abstract

A significant correlation between the degree of bronchial reactivity to ACH, Hi and A.E. was found in a series of 23 dogs. An increase in receptors sensitivity responsible for the organic manifestation of allergy must be assumed. This increased receptors sensitivity is an important phenomenon in asthma clinically relevant.

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