Effect of a bed covering system in children with asthma and house dust mite hypersensitivity

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 361-366

  Frederick, J M ^a,c   Warner, J O ^a   Jessop, W J ^a   Enander, I ^b   Warner, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

asthma; barrier bed covers; children; eosinophil proteins; house dust mite

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BED; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASTHMA; BEDDING AND LINENS; BLOOD PROTEINS; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DUST; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; EOSINOPHIL PEROXIDASE; EOSINOPHIL-DERIVED NEUROTOXIN; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MALE; MITES; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PEROXIDASES; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RIBONUCLEASES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0031055922     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.97.10020361     Document Type: Article

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