Abstract
Asthma is well studied in women of reproductive age, while the menopausal age group has been less investigated. Among women over 50 years of age, menopause can coincide with the onset of asthma or, in women with preexisting asthma, be associated with worsening symptoms. Recently, my laboratory published that reexposure of ovariectomized (OVx) allergic mice to the antigen exacerbates lung …