Irritable bowel syndrome and bronchial hyperresponsiveness: Is there a link?

Digestion

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 185-189

  Riccioni, G ^a,b   Della Vecchia, R ^a   Menna, V ^a   Staniscia, T ^a   Di Ilio, C ^a   Conti, P ^a   D'Orazio, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bronchial asthma; Bronchial hyperresponsiveness; Intestinal motility, irritable bowel syndrome; Irritable bowel syndrome; Methacholine challenge test; Stress, asthmatic symptom worsening

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BRONCHOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 3042538101     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078763     Document Type: Article

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