Intrasubject variability in airway inflammation in biopsies in mild to moderate stable asthma

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 899-903

  Richmond, Ian ^b   Booth, Helen ^b   Ward, Chris ^b   Walters, E Haydn ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CELL INFILTRATION; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0029925846     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.153.3.8630570     Document Type: Article

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