Competitive swimmers with allergic asthma show a mixed type of airway inflammation

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1139-1141

  Moreira, A ^a,b   Delgado, L ^a,b   Palmares, C ^a   Lopes, C ^a,b   Jacinto, T ^b   Rytila P ^d   Silva, J A ^c   Castel Branco, M G ^b   Haahtela, T ^d  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^c FC Porto Swimming Section   (Portugal)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; LETTER; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SWIMMING; ASTHMA; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHILD; CYTOLOGY; EOSINOPHIL; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; NEUTROPHIL; SPUTUM;

NITRIC OXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; CHILD; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; NITRIC OXIDE; SPUTUM; SWIMMING;

EID: 47049131526     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00175207     Document Type: Letter

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