Changes in inflammatory cells and airway remodeling after beclomethasone dipropionate administration

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 118, Issue 2-4, 1999, Pages 341-342

  Sano, Yasuyuki ^a,b   To, Yasuo ^a   Ogawa, Chuhei ^a   Otomo, Mamoru ^a   Suzuki, Naohito ^a   Ito, Koji ^a  

^a Doai Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airway hyperresponsiveness; Bronchial biopsy; Inflammatory cells; Inhaled steroid

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; HISTAMINE; STEROID;

ASTHMA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INFUSION; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THICKNESS;

EID: 0032942206     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024127     Document Type: Conference Paper

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