The effects of monosodium glutamate in adults with asthma who perceive themselves to be monosodium glutamate-intolerant

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 101, Issue 6 II, 1998, Pages 762-771

  Woods, Rosalie K ^a   Weiner, John M ^a   Thien, Francis ^a   Abramson, Michael ^a   Walters, E Haydn ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Monosodium glutamate; Placebo controlled trial; Randomized double blind

Indexed keywords

FOOD ADDITIVE; GLUTAMATE SODIUM; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; TRYPTASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INHALATION TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FOOD ALLERGY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; INFLAMMATION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOOD ADDITIVES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SODIUM GLUTAMATE;

EID: 0032087717     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-6749(98)70305-7     Document Type: Article

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