Aeroallergen sensitization correlates with PC20 and exhaled nitric oxide in subjects with mild-to-moderate asthma

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 671-677

  Craig, Timothy J ^a   King, Tonya S ^a   Lemanske Jr , Robert F ^b   Wechsler, Michael E ^c   Icitovic, Nikolina ^a   Zimmerman Jr , Ronald R ^a   Wasserman, Stephen ^d  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Section of Allergy   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Division of Allergy   (United States)

Author keywords

aeroallergens; allergy; Asthma; exhaled nitric oxide; IgE; methacholine challenge; skin testing

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 40249092854     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.12.1153     Document Type: Article

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