Abstract
Forty-seven pregnant asthmatics were studied in a prospective study. Maternal asthma was exacerbated in 43%, most often in the last trimester. Normal physiologic alterations of pregnancy are reviewed as plausable explanations for the course of asthmatic patients during pregnancy.
MeSH terms
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Adrenal Cortex Hormones / metabolism
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Asthma* / immunology
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Asthma* / metabolism
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Female
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Humans
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Immunity, Cellular
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Immunoglobulin E / analysis
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Maternal-Fetal Exchange
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Pregnancy
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Pregnancy Complications* / immunology
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Pregnancy Complications* / metabolism
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Progesterone / metabolism
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Prospective Studies
Substances
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Adrenal Cortex Hormones
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Immunoglobulin E
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Progesterone