Late onset asthma in the elderly and its relationship with atopy

European Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 35-41

  Ariano, R ^a   Panzani, R C ^b  

^a Medicine Department   (Italy)

^b Laboratoire de Recherche   (France)

Author keywords

Atopy; Elderly; Late onset asthma; Phenotypes

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGE; AGING; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BREATHING MUSCLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INHALER; LATE ONSET ASTHMA; LUNG FUNCTION; MENTAL DISEASE; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RHINITIS; SENESCENCE; SINUSITIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; T LYMPHOCYTE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AGE OF ONSET; ASTHMA; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 84860997011     PISSN: 03979148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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