The importance of serum IgE for level and longitudinal change in airways hyperresponsiveness in COPD

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1210-1218

  Renkema, T E J ^a   Kerstjens, H A M ^a   Schouten, J P ^b   Vonk, J M ^b   Koeter G H ^a   Postma, D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Airways hyperresponsiveness; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Corticosteroids; IgE

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHODILATATION; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HISTAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERIMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA E; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METERED DOSE INHALER; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BUDESONIDE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 0032451165     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.00382.x     Document Type: Article

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