Transbronchial biopsy as a tool to evaluate small airways in asthma

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 254-259

  Balzar, S ^a   Wenzel, S E ^a   Chu, H W ^a  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Inflammation bronchoscopy; Pathology asthma

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CODEINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; LEUKOTRIENE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; LONG ACTING DRUG; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE; TRYPTASE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG STRUCTURE; MACROPHAGE; MAST CELL; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE REPAIR; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; BIOPSY; BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; HUMANS;

EID: 0035989738     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.02.00261102     Document Type: Article

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