Clinical remission of asthma: What lies beyond?

Thorax

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-6

  Guerra, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; ENDOTOXIN; INTERLEUKIN 5; NITRIC OXIDE;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR; WHEEZING;

ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 11944273621     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.033480     Document Type: Editorial

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