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ReviewChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Perimenstrual Asthma in Adolescents: A Shared Condition in Pediatric and Gynecological Endocrinology.

Valeria Calcaterra, Rossella Elena Nappi, Andrea Farolfi, Lara Tiranini, Virginia Rossi, Corrado Regalbuto, Gianvincenzo Zuccotti

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Review in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Sex, hormones, and lung health.Physiological reviews · 2026
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  3. Progesterone amplifies allergic inflammation and airway pathology in association with higher lung ILC2 responses.American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2024
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  8. Life Course of Asthma.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Valeria CalcaterraPediatric and Adolescent Unit, Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2137-5974
Rossella Elena NappiResearch Center for Reproductive Medicine, Gynecological Endocrinology and Menopause, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Andrea FarolfiDepartment of Pediatrics, "Vittore Buzzi" Children's Hospital, 20154 Milano, Italy.
Lara TiraniniResearch Center for Reproductive Medicine, Gynecological Endocrinology and Menopause, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Virginia RossiDepartment of Pediatrics, "Vittore Buzzi" Children's Hospital, 20154 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8363-9210
Corrado RegalbutoPediatric Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Gianvincenzo ZuccottiDepartment of Pediatrics, "Vittore Buzzi" Children's Hospital, 20154 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2795-9874
University of Pavia · ITOspedale dei Bambini Vittore Buzzi · ITUniversity of Milan · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Asthma is a frequent medical condition in adolescence. The worsening of the most common symptoms perimenstrually is defined as perimenstrual asthma (PMA). The cause of PMA remains unclear, but a role for hormonal milieu is plausible. Data on PMA in adolescents are limited, and its management is not fully established. We aimed to discuss the PMA phenomenon in young females from pathophysiology to preventive strategies, focusing on the relationship with the hormonal pattern. The fluctuation of estrogens at ovulation and before menstruation and the progesterone secretion during the luteal phase and its subsequent withdrawal seem to be the culprits, because the deterioration of asthma is cyclical during the luteal phase and/or during the first days of the menstrual cycle. Conventional asthma therapies are not always effective for PMA. Preventive strategies may include innovative hormonal contraception. Even a possible beneficial effect of other hormonal treatments, including estrogens, progestogens, and androgens, as well as leukotriene receptor antagonists and explorative approach using microbial-directed therapy, is considered. The underlying mechanisms, through which sex-hormone fluctuations influence asthma symptoms, represent a challenge in the clinical management of such a distressing condition. Further studies focused on young females are mandatory to promote adolescent health.

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adolescentsmenstrual cycleperimenstrual asthmasex hormones

Identifiers

PMID35204953
PMCPMC8870409
OpenAlexW4211038181

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