Exhaled breath condensate pH measurement in children with asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 422-427

  Brunetti, Luigia ^a   Francavilla, Ruggiero ^a   Tesse, Riccardina ^a   Strippoli, Antonella ^a   Polimeno, Lorenzo ^a   Loforese, Antonietta ^a   Miniello, Vito L ^a   Armenio, Lucio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Atopic march; Childhood; Exhaled breath condensate; pH

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ARGON; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; SALBUTAMOL; STEROID;

ACIDIFICATION; ADOLESCENT; AIR SAMPLING; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPIC MARCH; ATOPY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ECZEMA; EVALUATION; EXHALED BREATH CONDENSATE; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PH MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ALBUTEROL; ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; BUDESONIDE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RHINITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 33747881708     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2006.00426.x     Document Type: Article

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