Studies of the effects of inhaled magnesium on airway reactivity to histamine and adenosine monophosphate in asthmatic subjects

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 546-551

  Hill, J ^a   Lewis, S ^a   Britton, J ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adenosine monophosphate; asthma; bronchial reactivity; histamine; magnesium

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; MAGNESIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MAST CELL; NEBULIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION;

ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031005011     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1997.tb00743.x     Document Type: Article

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