Thirty-six patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome and 60 healthy volunteers underwent provocative bronchial testing with aerosolized dosed methacholine. 18/36 patients had bronchial hyper-responsiveness higher than that found in control population. It is hypothesized that in SS bronchial hyper-responsiveness may be due a lymphocitic inflammation and an alteration in secretion secondary togland damage.
INCREASED BRONCHIAL RESPONSIVENESS IN PRIMARY SJOGRENS-SYNDROME - A SIGN OF TRACHEOBRONCHIAL INVOLVEMENT
LA CORTE, Renato;POTENA, Alfredo;FABBRI, Leonardo;TROTTA, Francesco
1991
Abstract
Thirty-six patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome and 60 healthy volunteers underwent provocative bronchial testing with aerosolized dosed methacholine. 18/36 patients had bronchial hyper-responsiveness higher than that found in control population. It is hypothesized that in SS bronchial hyper-responsiveness may be due a lymphocitic inflammation and an alteration in secretion secondary togland damage.File in questo prodotto:
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