The pathophysiology of asthma

Annual Review of Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue , 2002, Pages 477-498

  Maddox, Lee ^a   Schwartz, David A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Atopy; Bronchial hyperreactivity; Cytokines; Lungs; Th 2 cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0036181314     PISSN: 00664219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.med.53.082901.103921     Document Type: Review

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