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[Role of membranous disorders in the development of bronchial hyperreactivity]
Abstract:
In 69 patients bronchial asthma of varying severity, the biophysical parameters of lymphocytic membranes and their phospholipid spectrum were studied in relation to the manifestations of nonspecific hyperreactivity of the bronchial tree. Membranous biophysical and structural (physicochemical) impairments were ascertained to be one of the major pathogenetic mechanisms determining the formation of the clinical, pathophysiological, and pathomorphological manifestations of the disease, its severity and persistent course.
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