Adult patients may outgrow their asthma: A 25-year follow-up study

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1267-1272

  Panhuysen, Carolien I M ^b   Vonk, Judith M ^b   Koëter, Gerard H ^b   Schouten, Jan P ^b   Van Altena, Richard ^b   Bleecker, Eugene R ^b   Postma, Dirkje S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030935040     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.155.4.9105065     Document Type: Article

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