Testing bronchial hyper-responsiveness: Provocation or peak expiratory flow variability?

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 47, Issue 421, 1997, Pages 487-492

  Den Otter, J J ^a  

^a Department of General Practice and Social Medicine ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asthma diagnosis; Bronchial hyper responsiveness; Peak flow

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PROVOCATION TEST; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE;

EID: 0030797195     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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