Airway remodeling in asthma: Unanswered questions

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 3 II, 2000, Pages

  Elias, Jack A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL INFILTRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MUSCLE MASS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034026031     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.161.supplement_2.a1q4-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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