Discriminant analysis in allergic rhinitis and asthma: Methacholine dose-response slope allows a good differentiation between mild asthma and rhinitis

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 30-36

  Alvarez Puebla, M J ^a   Garcia Figueroa B E ^a   Tabar Purroy, A I ^a   Olaguibel Rivera, J M ^a  

^a Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allergen; Bronchial challenge; Discriminant analysis; Dose response slope; Methacholine; Mild asthma; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHACHOLINE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHIL; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SKIN TEST; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME;

EID: 0037232357     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rmed.2002.1420     Document Type: Review

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