Asthma and airways collapse in two heritable disorders of connective tissue

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1369-1373

  Morgan, Ann W ^a,b   Pearson, S B ^c   Davies, S ^c   Gooi, H C ^a   Bird, H A ^b  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHAPEL ALLERTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAS EXCHANGE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; LUNG COLLAPSE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEROLOGY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SMOKING; SYNDROME;

EID: 34848897905     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2006.062224     Document Type: Article

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