Morphologic aspects of airways of patients with pulmonary emphysema followed by bronchial asthma-like attack

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 638-643

  Haraguchi, Masahiko ^a   Shimura, Sanae ^a   Shirato, Kunio ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTOPSY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MALE; MUCUS SECRETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030061719     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.153.2.8564111     Document Type: Article

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