Bronchial hyperresponsiveness: Definition and terminology

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Supplement

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 7-9

  Sterk, P J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Airway hyperresponsiveness; Asthma; Histamine; Methacholine; Provocation tests

Indexed keywords

BRONCHOCONSTRICTING AGENT;

BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030484977     PISSN: 09065784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.1996.tb00386.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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