Determinants of airway hyperresponsiveness in mild asthma

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 560-563

  Currie, Graeme P ^a   Jackson, Catherine M ^b   Lee, Daniel K C ^a   Lipworth, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; METHACHOLINE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINITIS; SENSITIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; INHALATION TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN TEST; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TESTS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0038206445     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61851-0     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Laprise C, Laviolette M, Boutet M, Boulet LP. Asymptomatic airway hyperresponsiveness: relationships with airway inflammation and remodelling. Eur Respir J. 1999;14:63-73.
2. Chetta A, Foresi A, Del Donno M, Bertorelli G, Pesci A, Olivieri D. Airways remodeling is a distinctive feature of asthma and is related to severity of disease. Chest. 1997;111:852-857.
3. Sont JK, Han J, van Krieken JM, Evertse CE, Hooijer R, et al. Relationship between the inflammatory infiltrate in bronchial biopsy specimens and clinical severity of asthma in patients treated with inhaled steroids. Thorax. 1996;51:496-502.
4. Crapo RO, Casaburi R, Coates AL, Enright PL, Hankinson JL, et al. Guidelines for methacholine and exercise challenge testing-1999. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2000;161:309-329.
5. Peroni DG, Boner AL, Vallone G, Antolini I, Warner JO. Effective allergen avoidance at high altitude reduces allergen-induced bronchial hyperresponsiveness. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1994;149:1442-1446.
6. Custovic A, Taggart SC, Francis HC, Chapman MD, Woodcock A. Exposure to house dust mite allergens and the clinical activity of asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1996;98:64-72.
7. Custovic A, Simpson A, Chapman MD, Woodcock A. Allergen avoidance in the treatment of asthma and atopic disorders. Thorax. 1998;53:63-72.
8. American Thoracic Society. Standardization of spirometry, 1994 update. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1995;152:1107-1136.
9. Beach JR, Young CL, Avery AJ, Stenton SC, Dennis JH, et al. Measurement of airway responsiveness to methacholine: relative importance of the precision of drug delivery and the method of assessing response. Thorax. 1993;48:239-243.
10. National Asthma Education and Prevention Program. Expert Panel Report 2: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma. Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health; 1997. Publication no. 97-4051.
11. Ward C, Pais M, Bish R, Reid D, Feltis B, et al. Airway inflammation, basement membrane thickening and bronchial hyperresponsiveness in asthma. Thorax. 2002;57:309-316.
12. Sont JK, Willems LN, Bel EH, van Krieken JH, Vandenbroucke JP, Sterk PJ. Clinical control and histopathologic outcome of asthma when using airway hyperresponsiveness as an additional guide to long-term treatment. The AMPUL Study Group. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1999;159:1043-1051.
13. Rijssenbeek-Nouwens LH, Oosting AJ, De Monchy JG, Bregman I, Postma DS, De Bruin-Weller MS. The effect of anti-allergic mattress encasings on house dust mite-induced early and late-airway reactions in asthmatic patients: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Clin Exp Allergy. 2002;32:117-125.
14. Ownby DR, Peterson EL, Johnson CC. Factors related to methacholine airway responsiveness in children. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2000;161:1578-1583.