The contribution of airway structure to early childhood asthma

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 177, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2002, Pages

  McKay, Karen O ^a,b   Hogg, James C ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AIRWAY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; AUTOPSY; BREATHING MUSCLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; IMAGING; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INHALATION; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFILTRATE; LYMPHOCYTE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MUCUS GLAND; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037120604     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04814.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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