Structural changes of the airway wall impair respiratory function, even in mild asthma

Chest

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1622-1626

  Shiba, Kumiko ^a   Kasahara, Keita ^a   Nakajima, Hiroaki ^a,b   Adachi, Mitsuru ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY NORTHERN YOKOHAMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Basement membrane; Steroid inhalation; Structural changes; Thickness of the airway wall

Indexed keywords

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HISTAMINE; STEROID;

ADULT; AIRWAY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0036435872     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.5.1622     Document Type: Article

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