Bronchial thermoplasty

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作者：

Javier DiazMendoza ^{[1
]}

BAI Chong ^{[2
]}

HUANG Haidong ^{[2
]}

Michael JSimoff ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Interventional Pulmonology,Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine,Henry Ford Health System

[2] Department of Respiratory Diseases,Changhai Hospital,Second Military Medical University

来源：

中华医学杂志（英文版） | 2013年 / 126卷 / 17期

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中图分类号：

R562.25 [];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

<正>Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects300 million people worldwide.Its prevalence ranges from 1%to 18%of the population in different countries.1The World Health Organization has estimated that 15million disability-adjusted life years are lost annually due to asthma.Worldwide deaths from asthma are estimated at 250 000 per year.Furthermore,asthma is a major cause of absence from work in many countries,including United States.2The prevalence of asthma has increased over the last ten years around the world.One of the suggested explanations to this increment is the western lifestyle hypothesis in countries that are going through a transition from a more

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