Effect of dietary supplementation with polyunsaturated fatty acids on bronchial hyperreactivity in subjects with seasonal asthma

Respiration

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 265-269

  Villani, F ^a   Comazzi, R ^a   De Maria, P ^a   Galimberti, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bronchial hyperreactivity; Leukotrienes; Polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ARACHIDONATE 5 LIPOXYGENASE; ICOSANOID; LEUKOTRIENE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FLOW VOLUME CURVE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031697795     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029274     Document Type: Article

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