The ultrastructure of nasal mucosa in children with asthma

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 293-298

  Merigo, Flavia ^a   Benati, Donatella ^a   Piacentini, Giorgio ^a   Boner, Attilio ^a   Sbarbati, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthma; Electron microscopy; Nasal brushing; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MUCOUS CELL; NOSE MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CYTODIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NASAL MUCOSA;

EID: 0036750285     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01913120290104566     Document Type: Article

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