Clinical effectiveness of a mite allergen-impermeable bed-covering system in asthmatic mite-sensitive patients

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 858-862

  Van Den Bemt, Lisette ^a   Van Knapen, Lieke ^a   De Vries, Marjolein P ^a   Jansen, Margreet ^a   Cloosterman, Sonja ^b   Van Schayck, Constant P ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

allergen avoidance; Asthma; house dust mite; peak expiratory flow

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASTHMA; BEDDING AND LINENS; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4944251064     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2004.05.069     Document Type: Article

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