Effect of allergen avoidance at high altitude on direct and indirect bronchial hyperresponsiveness and markers of inflammation in children with allergic asthma

Thorax

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 582-584

  Van Velzen, Edwin ^a   Van Den Bos, Jan W ^a   Benckhuijsen, Jan A W ^a   Van Essel, Truus ^a   De Bruijn, Richard ^a   Aalbers, René ^a  

^a Dutch Asthmacentre Davos   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allergen avoidance; Asthma; Bronchial hyperresponsiveness

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; ALLERGEN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; METHACHOLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST;

EID: 0029943899     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.6.582     Document Type: Article

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