What pathophysiologic characteristic of asthma has been most recently emphasized in the description and subsequent treatment of this disease?

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Past definitions of asthma emphasized airway hyperresponsiveness and reversible obstruction; newer and more accurate definitions of asthma focus on asthma as a primary inflammatory disease of the airways, with clinical manifestations of increased bronchial hyperreactivity and airflow obstruction secondary to the inflammation.

What Pathophysiologic Characteristic of Asthma Has Been Most Recently Emphasized