Corticosteroid reversibility in COPD is related to features of asthma

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1529-1534

  Chanez, Pascal ^b   Vignola, Antonio M ^b   O'Shaugnessy, Terence ^b   Enander, Ingrid ^b   Li, Dechun ^b   Jeffery, Peter K ^b   Bousquet, Jean ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030976501     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.155.5.9154853     Document Type: Article

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