A whisper from the silent lung zone

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 829-832

  Aljassim, Fatma ^a,b   Robinson, Paul D ^c,e,f   Sigurs, Nele ^d   Gustafsson, Per M ^a  

^a QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b DUBAI HEALTH AUTHORITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^d Central Hospital   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway challenge; Airway inflammation; Asthma; Lung function; Multiple breath inert gas washout; Peripheral airways

Indexed keywords

INERT GAS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MULTIPLE BREATH INERT GAS WASHOUT; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMALL AIRWAY DISEASE; SPIROMETRY; VIRUS INFECTION; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 68049089612     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20837     Document Type: Article

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