The Role of Allergy and Nonspecific Airway Hyperresponsiveness in the Pathogenesis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Statement on Standards for the Diagnosis and Care of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Asthma

1987 • 2,165 citations

Pathologic Changes in the Peripheral Airways of Young Cigarette Smokers

1974 • 959 citations

The Course and Prognosis of Different Forms of Chronic Airways Obstruction in a Sample from the General Population

1987 • 453 citations

Bronchial responsiveness to histamine: relationship to diurnal variation of peak flow rate, improvement after bronchodilator, and airway calibre

1982 • 386 citations

Another smoking hazard: raised serum IgE concentration and increased risk of occupational allergy.

1981 • 290 citations

Genetic analysis of allergic disease in twins

1984 • 288 citations

Descriptive epidemiology of bronchial reactivity in an adult population: results from a community study.

1987 • 287 citations

HLA-Dw2: a genetic marker for human immune response to short ragweed pollen allergen Ra5. I. Response resulting primarily from natural antigenic exposure.

1982 • 236 citations

Unimodal Distribution of Bronchial Responsiveness to Inhaled Histamine in a Random Human Population

1983 • 213 citations

Effect of lung function and mode of inhalation on penetration of aerosol into the human lung.

1977 • 209 citations

Genetic Control of Basal Serum Immunoglobulin E Level and Its Effect on Specific Reaginic Sensitivity

1974 • 200 citations

Pulmonary Terms and Symbols

1975 • 194 citations

The Relationship of Nonspecific Bronchial Responsiveness to the Occurrence of Respiratory Symptoms and Decreased Levels of Pulmonary Function

1987 • 175 citations

Bronchial reactivity to inhaled histamine and annual rate of decline in FEV1 in male smokers and ex-smokers.

1985 • 172 citations

Alterations in Immunoregulatory T-Cell Subsets in Cigarette Smokers

1986 • 161 citations

Airway reactivity in infants: a positive response to methacholine and metaproterenol

1987 • 153 citations

Deficiency of Suppressor T Cells in the Hyperimmunoglobulin E Syndrome

1981 • 144 citations

Bronchial hyperreactivity

1975 • 143 citations

Obstruction in small airways—A challenge to medicine

1972 • 134 citations

Seasonal increase of bronchial reactivity in allergic rhinitis

1987 • 126 citations

The Relationship between Airway Responsiveness to Histamine and Pulmonary Function Level in a Random Population Sample

1988 • 114 citations

Smoking, allergy, and the differential white blood cell count.

1985 • 97 citations

Variables associated with changes in spirometry in patients with obstructive lung diseases

1979 • 84 citations

Inheritance of total serum IgE (basal levels) in man.

1987 • 71 citations

Differential requirements of B cells from normal and allergic subjects for the induction of IgE synthesis by an alloreactive T cell clone.

1985 • 68 citations

Hypersensitivity to tobacco antigen.

1976 • 67 citations

Inheritance of immunoglobulin E: Genetic model fitting

1983 • 64 citations

Relationship between Serum IgE and Cross-sectional and Longitudinal FEV1 in Two Cohort Studies

1986 • 62 citations

The Relationship between Longitudinal Change in Pulmonary function and Nonspecific Airway Responsiveness in Children and Young Adults

1989 • 54 citations

Interactions of Smoking and Immunologic Factors in Relation to Airways Obstruction

1983 • 49 citations

Nonspecificity of the bronchoconstricting effect of histamine and acetyl-beta-methylcholine in patients with obstructive airway disease

1966 • 48 citations

Allergy to Tobacco: An Occupational Hazard

1980 • 48 citations

Preventive allergy: Genetics of IgE-mediated diseases

1986 • 41 citations

Histamine dose-response curves in asthma: relevance of the distinction between PC20 and reactivity in characterising clinical state.

1981 • 39 citations

LARGE LUNGS AFTER CHILDHOOD ASTHMA: A CONSEQUENCE OF ENLARGED AIRSPACES

1985 • 35 citations

Predictors of Bronchial Hyperexcitability in Grainhandlers

1985 • 34 citations

Bronchial responsiveness to inhaled histamine and isoprenaline in patients with airway obstruction.

1978 • 31 citations

Bronchial Hyporesponsiveness

1985 • 30 citations

Prospective investigations in asthma. What have we learned from longitudinal studies about lung growth and senescence in asthma?

1987 • 22 citations

Inhibition of Methacholine-induced Bronchoconstriction in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

1988 • 16 citations

Copper-related deep acceptor in quenched germanium

1984 • 15 citations

Observations on the pathogenesis of chronic airflow obstruction in smokers: implications for the detection of "early" lung disease.

1986 • 15 citations

Prospective Investigations in Asthma

1987 • 14 citations

Listing of presidents of state, regional, and local allergy societies as of January, 1979

1979 • 1 citations