"Asthma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A form of bronchial disorder with three distinct components: airway hyper-responsiveness (RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY), airway INFLAMMATION, and intermittent AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION. It is characterized by spasmodic contraction of airway smooth muscle, WHEEZING, and dyspnea (DYSPNEA, PAROXYSMAL).
| Descriptor ID |
D001249
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C08.127.108 C08.381.495.108 C08.674.095 C20.543.480.680.095
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| Concept/Terms |
Asthma- Asthma
- Asthmas
- Bronchial Asthma
- Asthma, Bronchial
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Asthma" by people in this website by year, and whether "Asthma" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2001 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2002 | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 2003 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2004 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2005 | 22 | 3 | 25 |
| 2006 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| 2007 | 15 | 3 | 18 |
| 2008 | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 2009 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2010 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2011 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 2012 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| 2013 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 2014 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2015 | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 2016 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2017 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2020 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Asthma" by people in Profiles.
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Pediatric asthma population risk stratification using k-means clustering. J Asthma. 2025 Dec; 62(12):2060-2069.
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Risk Factors for Moderate-Severe Asthma in Children Ages 5-11 Years With Early-Onset Atopic Dermatitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2025 Oct; 13(10):2711-2727.e5.
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Implications of removing race from spirometry reference equations in children with asthma. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2025 Oct; 135(4):385-392.e5.
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Video directly observed therapy to improve inhaler technique among pediatric patients with persistent asthma. J Asthma. 2025 Sep; 62(9):1591-1598.
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Prenatal exposure to environmental bisphenols over time and their association with childhood asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis in the ECHO consortium. Environ Pollut. 2025 Feb 01; 366:125415.
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Association of Allergy Specialty Care and Asthma Outcomes for Medicaid-Enrolled Children. J Pediatr. 2025 Feb; 277:114361.
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Neighborhood Deprivation and Crime on Asthma Exacerbations and Utilization in Mild Adult Asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2024 Nov; 12(11):2966-2974.e11.
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Precision care in the treatment of pediatric asthma. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2024 06 01; 36(3):304-309.
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Predicting pediatric severe asthma exacerbations: an administrative claims-based predictive model. J Asthma. 2024 03; 61(3):203-211.
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Vitamin D Oral Replacement in Children With Obesity Related Asthma: VDORA1 Randomized Clinical Trial. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2024 02; 115(2):231-238.