Airways hyperresponsiveness and the effects of lung inflation

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 124, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 262-266

  Scichilone, Nicola ^a   Pyrgos, George ^a   Kapsali, Trigsevgeni ^a   Anderlind, Christina ^a   Brown, Robert ^a,b   Permutt, Solbert ^a   Togias, Alkis ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS ASTHMA AND ALLERGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airways hyperresponsiveness; Asthma; Bronchoprovocation; Lung function; Lung inflation; Methacholine

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATATION; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG INFLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS;

ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BRONCHOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRIC OXIDE; PULMONARY VENTILATION;

EID: 0035045024     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000053728     Document Type: Conference Paper

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