Screening for bronchial hyperresponsiveness using methacholine and adenosine monophosphate: Relationship to asthma severity and β2-receptor genotype

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 4 I, 2000, Pages 1318-1322

  Fowler, Stephen J ^a   Dempsey, Owen J ^a   Sims, Erika J ^a   Lipworth, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTEROID; GLYCINE; METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0033773915     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.162.4.9912103     Document Type: Article

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