Cellular infiltration of the airways in asthma of varying severity

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 224-230

  Synek, Miroslav ^a,b   Beasley, Richard ^c   Frew, Anthony J ^c   Goulding, David ^c   Holloway, Linda ^c   Lampe, Fiona C ^c   Roche, William R ^c   Holgate, Stephen T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL TYPE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MAST CELL; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0030055306     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.154.1.8680684     Document Type: Article

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