Spirometry in the diagnosis of asthma in children

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-33

  Dundas, Isobel ^a   Mckenzie, Sheila ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Diagnostic accuracy; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE;

AGE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BREATH ANALYSIS; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG RESPONSE; EOSINOPHILIA; EXPIRED AIR; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; PHENOTYPE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRICK TEST; REVIEW; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOM; WHEEZING; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 33646837670     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcp.0000199809.42011.58     Document Type: Review

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