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Vol. 90 No. 1 (2020)
https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2020.1233

Anxiety and depression in adolescents with asthma and in their parents. Is an increased basal cholinergic tone a possible further reason to explain the negative impact on asthma control?

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Received: 23 January 2020
Published: 8 April 2020
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adolescents, anxiety, asthma control, bronchial asthma, increased cholinergic tone, depression, hypersensitivity, psychological distress

Authors

Gennaro Liccardi
gennaro.liccardi@tin.it
Postgraduate School of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy.
Luigino Calzetta
Postgraduate School of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Experimental Medicine; Department of Experimental Medicine, Unit of Respiratory Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy.
Manlio Milanese
Division of Pulmonology, S. Corona Hospital, Pietra Ligure, Italy.
Maria Beatrice Bilò
Allergy Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Ospedali Riuniti, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy.
Maria Vittoria Liccardi
Psychologist, Naples, Italy.
Maria Gabriella Matera
Department of Experimental Medicine, Second University of Naples, Italy.
Paola Rogliani
Postgraduate School of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Experimental Medicine; Department of Experimental Medicine, Unit of Respiratory Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy.

To the Editor

We read with interest the excellent article of Licari et al.  reporting that anxiety and depression are common in adolescents suffering from asthma as well as in their parents, mainly in mothers. The consequence of this relationship is that emotional disorders might negatively affect also the control of asthma.

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“Anxiety and Depression in Adolescents With Asthma and in Their Parents. Is an Increased Basal Cholinergic Tone a Possible Further Reason to Explain the Negative Impact on Asthma Control?”. 2020. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 90 (1). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2020.1233.

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