Airway responsiveness: Associated features in infants with recurrent respiratory symptoms

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1150-1157

  Kotaniemi Syrjanen A ^a   Malmberg, L P ^a,b   Pelkonen, A S ^a   Malmstrom K ^a   Makela M J ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Airways hyperreactivity; Bronchial provocation tests; Infant; Methacholine chloride; Pulmonary function tests

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; WHEEZING;

BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 38849088099     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00158106     Document Type: Article

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