Airflow limitation in chronic bronchitis is associated with T-lymphocyte and macrophage infiltration of the bronchial mucosa

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 629-632

  Di Stefano, Antonino ^b   Turato, Graziella ^b   Maestrelli, Piero ^b   Mapp, Cristina E ^b   Ruggieri, Maria Paola ^b   Roggeri, Alberto ^b   Boschetto, Piera ^b   Fabbri, Leonardo M ^b   Saetta, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0030061718     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.153.2.8564109     Document Type: Article

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