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Epidemiologie

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Das Asthma bronchiale ist eine chronischentzündliche Erkrankung der Atemwege, die durcheine bronchiale Überempfindlichkeit (Hyperreaktivität) und eine variable Atemwegsobstruktion charakterisiert ist [13, 31].

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