Bronchial subepithelial fibrosis correlates with airway responsiveness to methacholine

Chest

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-52

  Boulet, Louis Philippe ^a,c   Laviolette, Michel ^a   Turcotte, Hélène ^a   Cartier, André ^b   Dugas, Mario ^b   Malo, Jean Luc ^b   Boutet, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Airway responsiveness; Asthma; Subepithelial fibrosis

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; COLLAGEN METABOLISM; COUGHING; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030814301     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.112.1.45     Document Type: Article

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