Maximal airway response to methacholine in cough-variant asthma: Comparison with classic asthma and its relationship to peak expiratory flow variability

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3881-3887

  Kang, Hee ^a   Koh, Young Yull ^b   Yoo, Young ^a   Yu, Jinho ^b   Kim, Do Kyun ^b   Kim, Chang Keun ^c  

^a Korea University Ansan Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Airway hypersensitivity; Classic asthma; Cough variant asthma; Maximal airway response; Maximal response plateau; Peak expiratory flow variability

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; METHACHOLINE; THEOPHYLLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGH VARIANT ASTHMA; COUGHING; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 30344461252     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.6.3881     Document Type: Article

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