Outgrown asthma does not mean no airways inflammation

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 284-287

  Warke, T J ^a   Fitch, P S ^a   Brown, V ^a   Taylor, R ^a   Lyons, J D M ^a   Ennis, M ^a   Shields, M D ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airways inflammation; Asthma; Eosinophils

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RELAPSE; REMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; BRONCHI; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CHILD; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 0036175186     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.02.00882002     Document Type: Article

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