On the functional consequences of bronchial basement membrane thickening

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1035-1040

  Milanese, Manlio ^b   Crimi, Emanuele ^b   Scordamaglia, Antonio ^b   Riccio, Annamaria ^b   Pellegrino, Riccardo ^b   Canonica, G Walter ^b   Brusasco, Vito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Airway responsiveness; Asthma; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Remodeling; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; BRONCHUS MUSCLE; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034878193     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2001.91.3.1035     Document Type: Article

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