Asthma control test is correlated to Fev1 and nitric oxide in Greek asthmatic patients: Influence of treatment

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 901-906

  Papakosta, Despina ^a   Latsios, Dimitris ^a   Manika, Katerina ^a   Porpodis, Kostas ^a   Kontakioti, Eirini ^a   Gioulekas, Dimitris ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Asthma; Asthma Control Test ; Asthma treatment; Exhaled nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ASTHMA CONTROL TEST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; EXHALED NITRIC OXIDE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GREECE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE;

EID: 80054946090     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2011.611958     Document Type: Article

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