Effects of high altitude and cold air exposure on airway inflammation in patients with asthma

Sven F Seys; Marc Daenen; Ellen Dilissen; Ruud Van Thienen; Dominique M A Bullens; Peter Hespel; Lieven J Dupont

doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-203280

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Asthma and the environment

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Effects of high altitude and cold air exposure on airway inflammation in patients with asthma

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Sven F Seys Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Laboratory of Pneumology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Marc Daenen Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital of Oost-Limburg, Leuven, Belgium PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ellen Dilissen Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ruud Van Thienen Department of Kinesiology, Exercise Physiology Research Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Dominique M A Bullens Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Laboratory of Pediatric Immunology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Peter Hespel Department of Kinesiology, Exercise Physiology Research Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Lieven J Dupont Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Laboratory of Pneumology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Department of Respiratory Diseases, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Professor Lieven Dupont, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, 49 Herestraat, Leuven B-3000, Belgium; lieven.dupont{at}uzleuven.be

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Seys SF, Daenen M, Dilissen E, et al

Effects of high altitude and cold air exposure on airway inflammation in patients with asthma

Thorax 2013;68:906-913.

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Received January 18, 2013
Revised May 7, 2013
Accepted May 30, 2013
First published July 2, 2013.

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October 19, 2022

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