Sensitivity and maximal response to methacholine in perennial and seasonal allergic rhinitis

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-67

  Prieto, J L ^a   Gutierrez V ^a   Berto J M ^a   Camps, B ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airway responsiveness; Allergic rhinitis; Grass pollens; House dust mites; Maximal response plateau; Methacholine; Parietaria judaica

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FEMALE; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MIDDLE AGED; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 0030043892     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1996.tb00057.x     Document Type: Article

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