The characteristics of different diagnostic tests in adult mild asthmatic patients: Comparison with patients with asthma-like symptoms by gastro-oesophageal reflux

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1455-1461

  Di Lorenzo, Gabriele ^a   Mansueto, Pasquale ^a   Esposito Pellitteri, Maria ^a   Ditta, Vito ^a   Castello, Francesco ^a   Lo Bianco, Claudia ^a   Leto Barone, Maria Stefania ^a   Di Fede, Gaetana ^a   Traverso, Marcello ^a   Rotolo, Giuseppe ^a   Vigneri, Sergio ^a   Rini, GiovamBattista ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthma; Diagnostic tests; Gastro oesophageal reflux; Gastro oesophageal reflux disease; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; METHACHOLINE; PREDNISONE; PROKINETIC AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SALBUTAMOL; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROVOCATION TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BRONCHOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; EOSINOPHILS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MIDDLE AGED; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 34249697678     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2007.01.014     Document Type: Article

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