Assessing asthma control: Symptom scores, GINA levels of asthma control, lung function, and exhaled nitric oxide

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-118

  Waibel, Vanessa ^a   Ulmer, Hanno ^a   Horak, Elisabeth ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

C ACT; FeNO; pulmonary function; symptom score

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD ASTHMA CONTROL TEST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84855878233     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21529     Document Type: Article

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