Comparison of airway immunopathology of eosinophilic bronchitis and asthma

Thorax

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 528-532

  Brightling, C E ^b   Symon, F A ^b   Birring, S S ^b   Bradding, P ^b   Wardlaw, A J ^b   Pavord, I D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPUTUM; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ASTHMA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; SPUTUM;

EID: 0037794333     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.58.6.528     Document Type: Article

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