Variability of airway structure and inflammation in normal subjects and in cases of nonfatal and fatal asthma

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 238-248

  Carroll, N ^a,b   Lehmann, E ^a   Barret, J ^a   Morton, A ^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

Airways; Asthma; Coefficient of variation; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ADVENTITIA; AGED; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRONCHIOLE; CARTILAGE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INTIMA; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MAST CELL; MUCUS GLAND; NEUTROPHIL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA CELL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STAINING;

EID: 0029939759     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0344-0338(96)80227-5     Document Type: Article

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