Effect of acute alterations in inspired oxygen tension on methacholine induced bronchoconstriction in patients with asthma

Thorax

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 453-457

  Dagg, Kenneth D ^a   Thomson, Lorna J ^a   Clayton, Robert A ^a   Ramsay, Scott G ^a   Thomson, Neil C ^a  

^a NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bronchoconstriction; Hyperoxia; Hypoxia; Methacholine

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEROXIA; HYPOXIA; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030947609     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.52.5.453     Document Type: Article

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