Effective allergen avoidance for reducing exposure to house dust mite allergens and improving disease management in adult atopic asthmatics

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 843-853

  Tsurikisawa, Naomi ^a,b   Saito, Akemi ^a   Oshikata, Chiyako ^a,b   Yasueda, Hiroshi ^a   Akiyama, Kazuo ^a  

^a SAGAMIHARA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

adult asthma; Allergen avoidance; asthma management; atopic asthma; Dermatophagoides; group 1 mite antigen

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; CORTICOSTEROID; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LONG ACTING DRUG; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE; ALLERGEN; ARTHROPOD PROTEIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE ANTIGEN F 1; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS ANTIGEN P 1; DUST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUST EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PETRI DISH; PROPHYLAXIS; SEX RATIO; SUNLIGHT; AGED; ANALYSIS; ASTHMA; BED; BLOOD; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ARTHROPOD PROTEINS; ASTHMA; BEDDING AND LINENS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE;

EID: 84969261448     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2016.1155218     Document Type: Article

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