Ken Ohta, Masakazu Ichinose, Hiroyuki Nagase, Masao Yamaguchi, Hisatoshi Sugiura, Yuji Tohda, Kohei Yamauchi, Mitsuru Adachi, Kazuo Akiyama and Japanese Society of Allergology
ABSTRACT
Adult bronchial asthma (hereinafter, asthma) is characterized by chronic airway inflammation, reversible airway narrowing, and airway hyperresponsiveness. Long-standing asthma induces airway remodeling to cause intractable asthma.