Physiology of the small airways: A gender difference?

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1264-1271

  Cohen, J ^a   Douma, W R ^a   ten Hacken, N H T ^a   Oudkerk, M ^a   Postma, D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air trapping; Asthma; Gender; Small airways

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; METHACHOLINE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG LOBE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BRONCHOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 48149088459     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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