Pre-eclampsia is associated with airway hyperresponsiveness

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 520-522

  Siddiqui, S ^a   Goodman, N ^a   McKenna, S ^a   Goldie, M ^b   Waugh, J ^c   Brightling, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Directorate of Women's Perinatal and Sexual Health   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway hyperresponsiveness; Asthma; Atopy; Mast cell; Pre eclampsia

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; PUERPERIUM; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY;

ADULT; BRONCHOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 38949193874     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01623.x     Document Type: Article

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