Adenosine airways responsiveness: What does it mean?

Chest

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 971-973

  Ramsdell, Joe W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE RECEPTOR; METHACHOLINE;

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; BREATHING MUSCLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EDITORIAL; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMAN; LUNG; MAST CELL; MEDIATOR RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION;

EID: 0037390171     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.123.4.971     Document Type: Editorial

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