Abstract:Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways, which is associated with excessive airway narrowing in response to stimuli that have little or no effect on healthy subjects. Airway hyper-responsiveness with a short duration of asthma is coupled with airway inflammation which may or may not be associated with lung impairment. Objectives: To study correlation of asthma duration with total anti oxidant capacity and lung function parameters. Design: Cross sectional study. Period: June 2013 to Dec 2013. S… Show more
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