Respiratory Medicine
Volume 105, Issue 1 , Pages 24-30 , January 2011

Phenotypic differences between asymptomatic airway hyperresponsiveness and remission of asthma

  • Takahiro Yoshikawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sports Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3, Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence author. Tel.: +81 6 6645 3790; fax: +81 6 6646 6067.
    • ,
  • Hiroshi Kanazawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Received 2 June 2010 ,Accepted 22 July 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2010.07.015

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 105, Issue 1 , Pages 24-30 , January 2011

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