Clinical improvement of asthma after anthelminthic treatment in a tropical situation

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 50-54

  Lynch, Neil R ^a   Palenque, Miguel ^b   Hagel, Isabel ^b   Diprisco, Maria C ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA   (Venezuela)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BECLOMETASONE; FENOTEROL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SALBUTAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0030790472     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.156.1.9606081     Document Type: Article

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