To compare the sensitivity and validity of mannitol, histamine, and cold air challenges to demonstrate the effect of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) in asthma. A prospective study. Seventeen patients with recently diagnosed, steroid-naive asthma who fulfilled the diagnostic criteria of Finnish
To define whether coughing during mannitol challenge is a nonspecific side effect of this challenge or is associated with asthma. A prospective study. University hospital. Thirty-seven steroid-naive, asthmatic subjects and 10 healthy subjects. The participants completed a symptom questionnaire, recorded
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The New England journal of medicine, 370(22), 2121-2130 (2014-05-30)
Circadian rhythms enable plants to anticipate daily environmental variations, resulting in growth oscillations under continuous light. Because plants daily transpire up to 200% of their water content, their water status oscillates from favourable during the night to unfavourable during the
To compare a new bronchial provocation test, the mannitol challenge, with cold air and histamine challenges to demonstrate airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) in patients with difficult-to-diagnose asthma. A prospective study. Thirty-seven consecutive patients with recently diagnosed, steroid-naive, mild, or atypical asthma
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