Airway hyperresponsiveness in asthma: Not just a matter of airway inflammation

Thorax

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 992-998

  Brusasco, Vito ^a   Crimi, Emanuele ^a   Pellegrino, Riccardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b S CROCE E CARLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE;

AIRWAY; ASTHMA; BREATHING MUSCLE; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY;

EID: 0031728417     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.53.11.992     Document Type: Review

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