Premenstrual asthma: Prevalence, cycle-to-cycle variability and relationship to oral contraceptive use and menstrual symptoms

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 696-704

  Murphy, Vanessa E ^a   Gibson, Peter G ^b  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Asthma; Exacerbation; Follicular; Luteal; Menstrual cycle; Oral contraceptive

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREMENSTRUAL ASTHMA; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; AREA UNDER CURVE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 54949135785     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900802207279     Document Type: Article

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