Cough frequency in children with stable asthma: Correlation with lung function, exhaled nitric oxide, and sputum eosinopnil count

Thorax

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 974-978

  Li, A M ^a,b   Lex, C ^a   Zacharasiewicz, A ^a   Wong, E ^b   Erin, E ^a   Hansel, T ^a   Wilson, N M ^a   Bush, A ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; FLUTICASONE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LONG ACTING DRUG; NEDOCROMIL SODIUM; NITRIC OXIDE; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; EOSINOPHIL; EXPIRED AIR; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LUNG FUNCTION; MEASUREMENT; NIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIROMETER; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; COUGH; EOSINOPHILS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NITRIC OXIDE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; SPUTUM; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0242693987     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.58.11.974     Document Type: Article

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