Irreversible lung function deficits in young adults with a history of childhood asthma

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1213-1219

  Limb, Susan L ^a   Brown, Kathryn C ^a   Wood, Robert A ^a   Wise, Robert A ^a   Eggleston, Peyton A ^a   Tonascia, James ^b   Adkinson Jr , N Franklin ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood asthma; Methacholine sensitivity; Pulmonary function test; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; METHACHOLINE; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LUNG; MALE; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 28444469176     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2005.09.024     Document Type: Article

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