Characterization of airway plugging in fatal asthma

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 6-11

  Kuyper, Laura M ^a   Paré, Peter D ^a   Hogg, James C ^a   Lambert, Rodney K ^b   Ionescu, Diana ^a   Woods, Ryan ^a   Bai, Tony R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS MUCUS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG EXTRAVASCULAR FLUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0037812532     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(03)00241-9     Document Type: Article

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