Crackles are short interrupted breath sounds usually associated with pulmonary disorders.
According to present opinion, a crackle is generated when an abnormally closed airway …

Cough is a primitive reflex typically consisting of an initiating deep inspiration, glottal closure,
and an explosive expiration accompanied by a sound. The flow characteristics of cough …

… The non-acrylate-material diagnosed in 1990– 1998 at the FIOH comprised three cases
of asthma and one of rhinitis caused by chloramine-T (sodium-Nchlorine-p-toluene …

A study was designed to investigate whether asthma, when carefully managed, is associated
with an increased risk of complications in connection with pregnancy. One hundred and …

… years, p < 0.001) and had a clearly older age at diagnosis of asthma (35 vs 19 years, p <
0.001… In addition, subjects with non-allergic asthma had also slightly higher BMI (p = 0.046) and …

… We detected a clear increase in plasma ketone levels in these mice (P-OHButyr ND 0.19 ±
0.06 mmol/l and KD 0.78 ± 0.14 mmol/l), but found no signs of muscle degeneration, neither …

… The increase of F50 during histamine challenge was significantly larger in asthmatics
than in healthy control subjects (p < 0.005). The provocative dose of histamine inducing a …

Defects in expression of genes of oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria have been
suggested to be a key pathophysiological feature in familial insulin resistance. We examined …

Exercise behavior, cardiorespiratory fitness, and obesity are strongly influenced by genetic
factors. By studying young adult twins, we examined to what extent these interrelated traits …

… A Mann-Whitney U -test was used for continuous and chi-square -test for categorical
variables to test between groups, and a p-value of <0.05 was considered significant. …