Alveolar tissue inflammation in asthma

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1505-1510

  Kraft, Monica ^b   Djukanovic, Ratko ^b   Wilson, Susan ^b   Holgate, Stephen T ^b   Martin, Richard J ^a  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LUNG ALVEOLITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 0029799037     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.154.5.8912772     Document Type: Article

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