Airways obstruction in patients with long-term asthma consistent with 'irreversible asthma'

Chest

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1234-1240

  Backman, Kenneth S ^a   Greenberger, Paul A ^a   Patterson, Roy ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

End stage asthma; Irreversible obstruction

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030694273     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.112.5.1234     Document Type: Article

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