Journal article
Asymptomatic bronchial hyperresponsiveness in rhinitis
Abstract
Methacholine inhalation tests are used to help in the diagnosis of asthma when spirometry is normal. However, the significance of increased methacholine responsiveness in patients with rhinitis and no symptoms of asthma is not known. One possibility is that it is a false positive result; another possibility is that it indicates subclinical asthma. We investigated these possibilities in 25 patients with rhinitis, whose attending physician had …
Authors
Ramsdale EH; Morris MM; Roberts RS; Hargreave FE
Journal
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Vol. 75, No. 5, pp. 573–577
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
5 1985
DOI
10.1016/0091-6749(85)90032-6
ISSN
0091-6749