Correlation between respiratory function and airway inflammation in asthma

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 120, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 82-85

  Hashimoto, Tadanori ^a   Minoguchi, Kenji ^a   Kohno, Yasurou ^a   Wada, Kiyoko ^a   Ueno, Kana ^a   Kobayashi, Hideko ^a   Miyamoto, Masahide ^a   Adachi, Mitsuru ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airway hyperresponsiveness; Eosinophils; Forced expiratory volume in 1 s; Peak expiratory flow; Sputum

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HISTAMINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ASTHMA; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SPUTUM;

EID: 0032853202     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000053601     Document Type: Conference Paper

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