Respiratory medicine

Prolonged time to pregnancy, increased need for fertility treatment, and increased pregnancy loss have been reported in women with asthma. However, it is unknown whether uterine inflammatory cells negatively affects fertility in this group.…

BACKGROUND: Evidence regarding the association between asthma and endometriosis is limited and inconsistent. The goal of the study was to investigate whether women diagnosed as having asthma were at a greater risk of endometriosis than age-…

A tumorlike condition of the pleura is any nonmalignant lesion of the pleura or within the pleural space that could be confused with a pleural tumor on initial imaging. Tumorlike conditions of the pleura are relatively rare compared with ne…

Evidence as to whether clinician has to give specific treatment in all patients of catamenial hemoptysis is unclear. We considered that the current treatment such as long-term usage of hormonal agent or surgery might be excessive for the ca…