Quantitative bronchial challenge tests with wheat flour dust administered by Spinhaler: Comparison with aqueous wheat flour extract inhalation

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 199-207

  Merget, Rolf ^a,b   Heger, Maria ^a   Globisch, Achim ^a   Rasche, Kurt ^a   Gillissen, Adrian ^a   Gebler, Anja ^c   Schultze Werninghaus, Gerhard ^a   Krieg, Michael ^b  

^a Division of Pneumonology Allergology and Sleep Medicine   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bakers' asthma; Bronchial challenge; Diagnosis; Occupational asthma; Wheat flour

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FLOUR; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHEAT;

EID: 0030790335     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(97)70225-2     Document Type: Article

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