Airway pathology in asthma

European Respiratory Journal, Supplement

Volumn 18, Issue 34, 2001, Pages

  Saetta, M ^a   Turato, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Asthma; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Histopathology; Inflammation; Morphology

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CELL INFILTRATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EOSINOPHILIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ASTHMA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0035744434     PISSN: 09041850     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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