Pulmonary dysanapsis, methacholine airway responsiveness and sensitization to airborne antigen

Respirology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 113-118

  Munakata, Mitsuru ^a   Ohe, Masashi ^a   Homma, Yukihiko ^a   Kawakami, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airway hyperresponsiveness; Atopy; Pulmonary dysanapsis

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; METHACHOLINE; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AIRWAY; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0030748161     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.1997.tb00063.x     Document Type: Article

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