Does remodelling of the airway wall precede asthma?

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 315-320

  Baldwin, Lindsay ^a   Roche, William R ^b  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airways; Asthma; Childhood; Remodelling

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; VIRUS INFECTION; WHEEZING; AGE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036886470     PISSN: 15260550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1526054202002610     Document Type: Review

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