Repeated aerosol exposure to small doses of allergen: A model for chronic allergic asthma

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 6 PART I, 1998, Pages 1900-1906

  Arshad, S Hasan ^a,b   Hamilton, Robert G ^a   Adkinson Jr , N Franklin ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; AEROSOL; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROSOLS; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MIDDLE AGED; MITES;

EID: 0031835735     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.157.6.9603034     Document Type: Article

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