Changes in indices of airway hyperresponsiveness during one year of treatment with inhaled corticosteroids in patients with asthma

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 133-139

  Oga, Toru ^a   Nishimura, Koichi ^a   Tsukino, Mitsuhiro ^a   Hajiro, Takashi ^a   Ikeda, Akihiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airway hyperreactivity; Airway hyperresponsiveness; Airway hypersensitivity; Asthma; Inhaled corticosteroids

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; CORTICOSTEROID; METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; PROVOCATION TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BECLOMETHASONE; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0035048670     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JAS-100000031     Document Type: Article

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