Airway sensory nerves: A burning issue in asthma?

Thorax

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 335-337

  Spina, D ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Mechanism of action; Sensory nerves

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FK 224; FUROSEMIDE; NEDOCROMIL; NEUROKININ A; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; SUBSTANCE P; THEOPHYLLINE;

ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030003774     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.3.335     Document Type: Short Survey

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