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Specific airway resistance is a better outcome parameter in bronchial provocation testing compared to FEV1 in patients with bronchial asthma

S. A. van Nederveen-BendienDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, HagaZiekenhuis, Respiratory Medicine, Den Haag, NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD,
J. VahlDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Ijsselland Ziekenhuis, Respiratory Medicine, Capelle aan den Ijssel, Netherlands
, MD &
H. G. M. HeijermanDepartment of respiratory medicine, Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, Respiratory Medicine, Utrecht, Netherlands
, MD, PhD
Pages 1338-1342 | Received 25 Aug 2017, Accepted 03 Dec 2017, Published online: 17 Jan 2018

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