Ongoing allergic rhinitis impairs asthma control by enhancing the lower airway inflammation

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Oka, Asako ^a   Matsunaga, Kazuto ^a   Kamei, Tadashi ^b   Sakamoto, Yukihiro ^c   Hirano, Tsunahiko ^a   Hayata, Atsushi ^d   Akamatsu, Keiichiro ^a   Kikuchi, Takashi ^a   Hiramatsu, Masataka ^a   Ichikawa, Tomohiro ^a   Nakanishi, Masanori ^a   Minakata, Yoshiaki ^a   Yamamoto, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kamei Respiratory Clinic   (Japan)

^c Minami Tokushima Clinic   (Japan)

^d Naga Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airflow limitation; Airway inflammation; Atopy; Exhaled nitric oxide; Inhaled corticosteroids; Nasal corticosteroids

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ALLERGEN SENSITIZATION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ASTHMA CONTROL QUESTIONNAIRE; ATOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SENSITIZATION; SPIROMETRY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AIRFLOW LIMITATION; AIRWAY INFLAMMATION; ATOPY; EXHALED NITRIC OXIDE; INHALED CORTICOSTEROIDS; NASAL CORTICOSTEROIDS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84895446763     PISSN: 22132198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2013.09.018     Document Type: Article

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