Continuity of airway goblet cells and intraluminal mucus in the airways of patients with bronchial asthma

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1395-1401

  Shimura, S ^a   Andoh, Y ^a   Haraguchi, M ^a   Shirato, K ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

bronchial asthma; goblet cell hyperplasia; intraluminal mucus accumulation; mucous plugging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTOPSY; BRONCHUS MUCUS; CELL GRANULE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; BRONCHI; BRONCHITIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EOSINOPHILS; EPITHELIUM; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCUS; SMOKING;

EID: 0030058496     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09071395     Document Type: Article

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