caa a22 4500 477067921 CHVBK 20180405111417.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02823862 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02823862 Childhood asthma-advances in pathogenesis [Elektronische Daten] [N. Somu, N. Gowrishankar, L. Subramaniam, D. Vijayasekaran, B. Muhajir, A. Balachandran] Increase in morbidity and mortality of asthmatics in the world is a cause of concern. Many researchers have described various aspects of etiopathogenesis which has thrown light on the better understanding of asthma. Our experience with nearly 3 lakhs of asthmatic children, over a period of twenty-five years and our studies in Asthma clinic of ICH & HC, Madras generated new ideas to propose a hypothesis on etiopathogenesis of asthma. "Asthma is a disease caused by a specific infective agent in a genetically predisposed individual resulting in altered cellular response initially leading to hyperactive bronchial tree which on exposure to various aggravating factors manifest clinically as recurrent cough, dyspnoea and wheeze”. Category of wheezers who manifest asthma is also discussed. Dr. K C Chaudhuri Foundation, 1996 Etiopathogenesis nationallicence Asthma nationallicence Pathogenesis nationallicence Somu N. Department of Pediatric Respiratory Diseases, Institute of Child Health & Hospital for Children, 600 008, Madras aut Gowrishankar N. Department of Pediatric Respiratory Diseases, Institute of Child Health & Hospital for Children, 600 008, Madras aut Subramaniam L. Department of Pediatric Respiratory Diseases, Institute of Child Health & Hospital for Children, 600 008, Madras aut Vijayasekaran D. Department of Pediatric Respiratory Diseases, Institute of Child Health & Hospital for Children, 600 008, Madras aut Muhajir B. Department of Pediatric Respiratory Diseases, Institute of Child Health & Hospital for Children, 600 008, Madras aut Balachandran A. Department of Pediatric Respiratory Diseases, Institute of Child Health & Hospital for Children, 600 008, Madras aut The Indian Journal of Pediatrics Springer India 63/1(1996-01-01), 25-36 0019-5456 63:1<25 1996 63 12098 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02823862 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02823862 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Somu N. Department of Pediatric Respiratory Diseases, Institute of Child Health & Hospital for Children, 600 008, Madras aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gowrishankar N. Department of Pediatric Respiratory Diseases, Institute of Child Health & Hospital for Children, 600 008, Madras aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Subramaniam L. Department of Pediatric Respiratory Diseases, Institute of Child Health & Hospital for Children, 600 008, Madras aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vijayasekaran D. Department of Pediatric Respiratory Diseases, Institute of Child Health & Hospital for Children, 600 008, Madras aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Muhajir B. Department of Pediatric Respiratory Diseases, Institute of Child Health & Hospital for Children, 600 008, Madras aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Balachandran A. Department of Pediatric Respiratory Diseases, Institute of Child Health & Hospital for Children, 600 008, Madras aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Indian Journal of Pediatrics Springer India 63/1(1996-01-01), 25-36 0019-5456 63:1<25 1996 63 12098 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer