Usefulness of bronchial reactivity analysis in the diagnosis of bronchial asthma in patients with bronchial hyperresponsiveness

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 199-204

  Garcia Rio F ^a,b   Mediano, O ^a   Ramirez M ^a   Vinas A ^a   Alonso, A ^a   Alvarez Sala, R ^a   Pino, J M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airway hyperresponsiveness; Bronchial asthma; Bronchial reactivity; Bronchial reactivity indices; Diagnostic

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 10744233451     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2003.09.014     Document Type: Article

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