Airway structure and inflammatory cells in fatal attacks of asthma

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 709-715

  Carroll, N ^a   Carello, S ^b   Cooke, C ^c   James, A ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c QEII Medical Center   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fatal asthma; inflammation; morphology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS MUSCLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LUNG STRUCTURE; MALE; MUCUS GLAND; MUSCLE SPASM; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHI; CARTILAGE; CELL COUNT; CHILD; DEATH, SUDDEN; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEUTROPHILS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029893414     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09040709     Document Type: Article

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