Inhaled corticosteroids decrease vascularity of the bronchial mucosa in patients with asthma

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 722-730

  Hoshino, M ^a   Takahashi, M ^a   Takai, Y ^a   Sim, J ^a   Aoike, N ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Airway responsiveness; Airway vascularity; Airway wall remodelling; Bronchial asthma; Inhaled corticosteroids

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; CORTICOSTEROID; METHACHOLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD VESSEL; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ASTHMA; BECLOMETHASONE; BIOPSY; BRONCHI; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; STAINING AND LABELING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034846870     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2001.01071.x     Document Type: Article

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