Differences in the effect of allergen avoidance on bronchial hyperresponsiveness as measured by methacholine, adenosine 5'-monophosphate, and exercise in asthmatic children

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 147-153

  Benckhuijsen, Jan ^a   Van Den Bos, Jan Willem ^a   Van Velzen, Edwin ^a   De Bruijn, Richard ^a   Aalbers, René ^a,b  

^a Dutch Asthma Centre   (Switzerland)

^b Dutch Asthma Center   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

altitude; Asthma; bronchial challenge tests; house dust mites

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; METHACHOLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SWITZERLAND;

ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENS; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; ASTHMA, EXERCISE-INDUCED; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BRONCHOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MITES;

EID: 0029910379     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199609)22:3<147::AID-PPUL2>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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