Bronchoalveolar cells in children <3 years old with severe recurrent wheezing

Chest

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 791-797

  Le Bourgeois, Muriel ^a   Goncalves, Maria ^a   Le Clainche, Laurence ^a   Benoist, Marie Rose ^a   Fournet, Jean Christophe ^a   Scheinmann, Pierre ^a   De Blic, Jacques ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Asthma; BAL; Flexible bronchoscopy; Infants; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHITIS; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WHEEZING;

EID: 0036385842     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.3.791     Document Type: Article

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