Epithelial desquamation in asthma: Artifact or pathology?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2324-2329

  Ordoñez, Claudia ^b   Ferrando, Ron ^b   Hyde, Dallas M ^b   Wong, Hofer H ^b   Fahy, John V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ASTHMA; BASAL CELL; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESQUAMATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0034523686     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.162.6.2001041     Document Type: Article

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