Pathology of mild, severe, and fatal asthma

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 2 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Kay, A B ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; MESSENGER RNA;

ASTHMA; ASTHMATIC STATE; FATALITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0029782335     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm/154.2_pt_2.s66     Document Type: Review

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