BACKGROUND: Variations in drug response between individuals have prevented us from achieving high drug efficacy in treating many complex diseases, including asthma. Genetics plays an important role in accounting for such interindividual var…
BACKGROUND: Oligomenorrhea was associated with more asthma (Respiratory Health in Northern Europe study), but a possible association with lung function has not been investigated previously. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether oligomenorrhea …
Hereditary angioedema (HAE), a rare but life-threatening condition, manifests as acute attacks of facial, laryngeal, genital, or peripheral swelling or abdominal pain secondary to intra-abdominal edema. Resulting from mutations affecting C1…
In this study, four patients presented with chronic urticaria that required glucocorticosteroid therapy for control. In the first patient, the urticaria began during pregnancy and persisted after delivery with symptoms flaring premenstruall…