Airway wall thickness in asthma assessed by computed tomography: Relation to clinical indices

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 4 I, 2000, Pages 1518-1523

  Niimi, Akio ^a   Matsumoto, Hisako ^a   Amitani, Ryoichi ^a   Nakano, Yasutaka ^a   Mishima, Michiaki ^a   Minakuchi, Masayoshi ^a   Nishimura, Koichi ^a   Itoh, Harumi ^a   Izumi, Takateru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; THICKNESS;

EID: 0033773941     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.162.4.9909044     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. The pathology of bronchial asthma
2. The mechanics in airway narrowing in asthma
3. Small airways dimensions in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
4. Subepithelial fibrosis in the bronchi of asthmatics
5. Transforming growth factor-beta expression in mucosal biopsies in asthma and chronic bronchitis
6. Airway wall remodelling in asthma
7. A model of the mechanics of airway narrowing
8. A model of airway narrowing in asthma and in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
9. In vivo measurements of airway reactivity using highresolution computed tomography
10. Airway narrowing in excised canine lungs measured by high-resolution computed tomography
11. Uncomplicated asthma in adults: Comparison of CT appearance of the lungs in asthmatic and healthy subjects
12. Measurement of the internal size of bronchi using high resolution computed tomography (HRCT)
13. Airway responsiveness and bronchial-wall thickness in asthma with or without fixed airflow obstruction
14. Abnormalities of the airways and lung parenchyma in asthmatics: CT observations in 50 patients and inter- and intraobserver variability
15. High-resolution computed tomography of airway changes after induced bronchoconstriction and bronchodilation in asthmatic volunteers
16. Human airway narrowing measured using high resolution computed tomography
17. Computed tomography of the lungs in asthma: Influence of disease severity and etiology
18. Airway obstruction in asthmatic and healthy individuals: Inspiratory and expiratory thin-section CT findings
19. Airway wall thickness in patients with near fatal asthma and control groups: Assessment with high resolution computed tomographic scanning
20. High resolution computed tomography in asthma
21. Evaluation of airways in obstructive pulmonary disease using high-resolution computed tomography
22. Standards for the diagnosis and care of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma
23. Asthma control versus asthma severity
24. CT of a bronchial phantom: Factors affecting appearance and size measurements
25. Statistical method for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement
26. Serum eosinophil cationic protein as a marker of eosinophilic inflammation in asthma
27. Airway wall thickening is greater in middle-aged compared with young adults with fatal asthma
28. The distribution of airway narrowing and changes in wall area after methacholine challenge measured from high-resolution computed tomography
29. Computed tomography of bronchiectasis
30. Airway mechanics in asthma
31. Significance of the relationship between lung recoil and maximum expiratory flow
32. Serum measurement of eosinophil cationic protein in the management of asthma