Bronchial asthma in the elderly;Le syndrome de spasticite bronchique reversible chez le grand vieillard u'n exemple frequent de decompensation bronchique aigue

Presse Medicale

Volumn 27, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 878-883

  Pfitzenmeyer, P ^a,b   Lauwerier, C ^a   Camus, A ^a  

^a DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Centre de Champmaillot   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; DRUG;

AGED; ASTHMA; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; AGING; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; LUNG; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SYNDROME;

AGED; AGING; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL SPASM; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PREVALENCE; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0032537293     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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