Effects of bronchial provocation test and bronchial dilation test for the diagnosis of lung diseases
Aim Present study was performed to explore the effects of bronchial provocation test (BPT) and bronchial dilation test (BDT) for the diagnosis of lung diseases.Methods BPT and BDT results were respectively detected by methacholine and albuterol in ...
Mingxia Feng, Xuemei Yang, Yong He
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Methacholine bronchial provocation test for assessment of bronchial hyperresponsiveness in preschool children. [PDF]
Li BH +6 more
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Release of Mast Cell Tryptase into Saliva: A Tool to Diagnose Food Allergy by a Mucosal Challenge Test? [PDF]
Background: Our aim was to examine whether measurement of the saliva mast cell tryptase (MCT) concentrations before and after a mucosal challenge test with the offending food would be helpful in diagnosing food allergy.
Alexander Arnold +11 more
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Comparison of nasal responsiveness to histamine, methacholine and phentolamine in allergic rhinitis patients and controls [PDF]
In a selected group of rhinitis patients with an IgE‐mediated allergy to house dust mites the nasal response to insufflation of histamine chloride, methacholine and phentolamine was demonstrated to be higher than in a control group. With the methods used
Dieges, P.H., Gerth van Wijk, R. (Roy)
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Bronchial hyperresponsiveness is a typical, but non-specific feature of cough variant asthma (CVA). This study aimed to determine whether bronchial hyperresponsiveness may be considered as a predictor of CVA in non-smoking adults with chronic cough (CC).
Aleksandra Rybka-Fraczek +6 more
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Effect of terbutaline on hyperpnoea-induced bronchoconstriction and urinary club cell protein 16 in athletes [PDF]
This article is made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund and is distributed by the Creative Commons CC-BY 3.0 license, under which all are free to reuse or distribute the article under the condition that this original publication ...
Anderson, SD +5 more
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Epithelial expression of mRNA and protein for IL-6, IL-10 and TNF-α in endobronchial biopsies in horses with recurrent airway obstruction [PDF]
Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the contribution of bronchial epithelium to airway inflammation, with focus on mRNA and protein expression of cytokines of innate immunity IL-6, IL-10 and TNF-alpha, in horses with Recurrent Airway ...
Amanda Raine +7 more
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Monitoring asthma in childhood : Lung function, bronchial responsiveness and inflammation [PDF]
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ERS Task Force Monitoring Asthma in Children
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Iurnal Variability of Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Asthma Patients [PDF]
BackgroundThere are daytime variability in pulmonary function indexes such as peak expiratory flow (PEF) and forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) in asthma patients.
YU Xinxin, ZHENG Jinping, GAO Yi, XIE Yanqing, AN Jiaying, LIU Wenting, ZHONG Liping, WU Zhongping, ZHU Zheng
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Skin tests, serum total IgE levels, specific IgE antibodies against each allergen, bronchial reactions provoked by allergens and histamine release from basophils are well known as prameters of immediate allergic reactions.
Kitani, Hikaru +4 more
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