The pathogenesis of nocturnal asthma in childhood

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 921-926

  Meijer, G G ^a,b   Landstra, A M ^a   Postma, D S ^b   Van Aalderen, W M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; LUNG; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031691605     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.00347.x     Document Type: Review

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