Severe asthma attacks after sexual intercourse

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 344-345

  Kuna, Piotr ^a   Kupczyk, Maciej ^a   Bocheńska Marciniak, Malgorzata ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BUDESONIDE; CETIRIZINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYMETAZOLINE; PARACETAMOL; SALBUTAMOL; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SKIN TEST; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 3242802725     PISSN: 00030805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.170.3.950     Document Type: Letter

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