Article
Bronchial hyperresponsiveness and adult onset wheeze: the influence of atopy.
The European respiratory journal - 1 Aug 1999
Bodner C, Godden D, Ross S, Little J, Douglas J G, Legge J, Seaton A, Friend J
Abstract excerpt
The commonly held belief that adult onset wheezing illness is primarily nonatopic in nature suggests that the role of atopy in the pathophysiology of bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) in adult onset wheeze may be minimal. This study examined risk factors for BHR (BHR: provocative dose causing a 20% fall in forced expiratory volume in one second PD20 < or =16.38 micromol methacholine) among 82 subjects with...
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