Seasonal differences in airway hyperresponsiveness in asthmatic patients: Relationship with allergen exposure and sensitization to house dust mites

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 627-633

  Van Der Heide, S ^a   De Monchy, J G R ^a   De Vries, K ^a   Dubois, A E J ^a   Kauffman, H F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Airway hyperresponsiveness; Allergens; Asthma; Environment; House dust mites; Seasonal

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; SPIROMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MITES; SEASONS;

EID: 0030791086     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1997.tb01189.x     Document Type: Article

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