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Nature Medicine 8, 931 - 932 (2002)
doi:10.1038/nm0902-931
'Good' lipids for asthma
Marc Peters-Golden1
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Department of Internal Medicine University of Michigan Health System Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA e-mail: petersm@umich.edu
Abstract
Asthma can originate via diverse causal and mechanistic pathways. A small bioactive lipid takes on this heterogeneity and offers the possibility of a broad-based treatment (pages 1018–1023).
During an asthma attack, airway spasm causes shortness of breath, cough, chest tightness and wheezing. Worldwide increases in the incidence and severity of asthma over the last 20 years have resulted in substantial morbidity, mortality and economic cost.
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