Mild asthma in overweight women: A new phenotype?

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1138-1144

  Engbers, Marissa ^a,b   Vachier, Isabelle ^a   Sterk, Peter ^b   Bourdin, Arnaud ^a   Gras, Delphine ^c   Godard, Philippe ^a   Chanez, Pascal ^a,c  

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE MARSEILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bronchial hyperresponsiveness; Inflammation; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LEPTIN; METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; BORG SCALE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RATING SCALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SYMPTOM;

EID: 77954085456     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2010.02.016     Document Type: Article

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