Demographic, laboratory and clinical characterisation of adult portuguese asthmatic patients

Allergologia et Immunopathologia

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 177-183

  Lourenco O ^a   Fonseca, A M ^a   Taborda Barata, Luis ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Allergens; Asthma; Human; Prevalence; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITE; OUTPATIENT; POPULATION; PORTUGAL; PRICK TEST; RHINITIS; SKIN TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 35348906811     PISSN: 03010546     EISSN: 15781267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13110312     Document Type: Article

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