Relationship between airway inflammation, hyperresponsiveness, and obstruction in asthma

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 753-758

  Woodruff, Prescott G ^a,b   Khashayar, Ramin ^a,b   Janson, Susan ^a,b,c   Avila, Pedro ^a,b   Boushey, Homer A ^a,b   Segal, Mark ^a,d   Fahy, John V ^a,b  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Institute for Health and Aging   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Asthma; Eosinophils; Neutrophils

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; AGE; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EOSINOPHIL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPUTUM EXAMINATION;

EID: 0035177659     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2001.119411     Document Type: Article

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