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Keywords: Adrenal Cortex Hormones - therapeutic use; Adult; Adults; Airway management; Airway Resistance - drug effects; Albuterol - pharmacology; Albuterol - therapeutic use; Asthma; Asthma - diagnosis; Asthma - drug therapy; Asthma - physiopathology; Biological and medical sciences; Bronchial Provocation Tests; Bronchoconstriction - drug effects; Bronchoconstrictor Agents; Bronchodilator Agents - pharmacology; Bronchodilator Agents - therapeutic use; Female; Forced Expiratory Volume; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; London; Lung - drug effects; Lung - physiopathology; Lung Volume Measurements; Lungs; Male; Methacholine Chloride; Middle Aged; Phenotype; Respiratory function; Severity of Illness Index; Spirometry; Trapping; United States; Vital Capacity; London; United States; Human; Bronchodilation; Lung disease; Closure; Respiratory disease; airway closure; Respiratory system; Obstruction; Asthma; Respiratory tract; Vertebrata; Lung function; Mammalia; difficult asthma; fixed obstruction; Bronchus disease; Adult; Obstructive pulmonary disease