Studies on airway hyperresponsiveness by the astograph® method in asthmatics and young adult non-asthmatic asymptomatics

Japanese Journal of Allergology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 565-574

  Fukui, Yoshinobu ^a   Yamaguchi, Etsuro ^a   Hizawa, Nobuyuki ^a   Maeda, Yukiko ^a   Takahashi, Daisuke ^a   Konno, Satoshi ^a   Kobayashi, Motoko ^a   Hosokawa, Takeshi ^a   Jinushi, Eisei ^a   Takamura, Kei ^a   Nasuhara, Yasuyuki ^a   Nishimura, Masaharu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airway hyperresponsiveness; Astograph ; Bronchial asthma; Non asthmatic asymptomatics

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ASTOGRAPH; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INHALATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 3242792669     PISSN: 00214884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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