Bronchial hyperresponsiveness: the need for a distinction between hypersensitivity and excessive airway narrowing.

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Published in Eur Respir J on March 01, 1989

Authors

P J Sterk1, E H Bel

Author Affiliations

1: Dept. of Pulmonology, University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands.

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