Peak flow variability, methacholine responsiveness and atopy as markers for detecting different wheezing phenotypes in childhood

Thorax

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 946-952

  Stein, Renato T ^a   Holberg, Catharine J ^a   Morgan, Wayne J ^a   Wright, Anne L ^a   Lombardi, Enrico ^a   Taussig, Lynn ^a   Martinez, Fernando D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atopy; Methacholine; Peak flow; Wheezing children

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; METHACHOLINE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TEST; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WHEEZING;

EID: 0030859592     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.52.11.946     Document Type: Article

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