Small airway inflammation and asthma

International Journal of Clinical Practice, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 96, 1998, Pages 15-22

  Howarth, Peter ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; CYTOKINE;

AIRWAY; ASTHMA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EOSINOPHIL; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ALVEOLUS; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; BIOPSY; BRONCHITIS; EOSINOPHILIA; LUNG LAVAGE; METABOLISM; MUCOSA; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

ASTHMA; BIOPSY; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; CYTOKINES; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMANS; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI;

EID: 0031593305     PISSN: 1368504X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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