Mild experimental exacerbation of asthma induced by individualised low-dose repeated allergen exposure. A double-blind evaluation

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1223-1230

  Palmqvist, M ^a   Pettersson, K ^a   Sjostrand M ^a   Andersson, B ^a   Lowhagen O ^a   Lotvall J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; METHACHOLINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EOSINOPHIL; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLAMMATION; INHALATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SPIROMETER; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0031726248     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(98)90425-5     Document Type: Article

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