Challenge tests to assess airway hyperresponsiveness and efficacy of drugs used in the treatment of asthma

Journal of Aerosol Medicine: Deposition, Clearance, and Effects in the Lung

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-109

  Anderson, Sandra D ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

asthma; histamine; hyperosmolar saline; hyperpnea; methacholine; provocation

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BECLOMETASONE; BUDESONIDE; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; NEDOCROMIL SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; EXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA; HUMAN; HYPEROSMOLARITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROVOCATION TEST; REVIEW; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0029922298     PISSN: 08942684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jam.1996.9.95     Document Type: Review

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