Exhaled NO may predict loss of asthma control: The effect of concomitant allergic rhinitis

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1006-1007

  Papaioannou, A I ^a   Minas, M ^a   Tanou, K ^a   Gourgoulianis, K I ^a   Kostikas, K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NITRIC OXIDE;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE CONTROL; HUMAN; LETTER; PHENOTYPE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 70349650026     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00065209     Document Type: Letter

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