Inflammatory markers should be the basis of monitoring asthma. The case for the con's

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Godfrey, Simon ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NITRIC OXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSCULTATION; BREATH ANALYSIS; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EXERCISE TEST; EXHALATION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745196691     PISSN: 15260542     EISSN: 15260550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prrv.2006.04.163     Document Type: Note

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