Natural exposure to pollen reduces the threshold but does not change the pattern of response to the allergen in allergic subjects

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1073-1078

  Dente, F L ^a   Bacci, E ^a   Di Franco, A ^a   Giannini, D ^a   Vagaggini, B ^a   Paggiaro, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bronchial challenge test; Bronchial hyperresponsiveness; Grass pollen allergy

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROSOL; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DESENSITIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GEOMETRY; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; MALE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033646232     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rmed.2000.0907     Document Type: Article

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