Pathological and radiological approach to the small airway disease in asthma: Limitation of current inhaled corticosteroid therapy

Allergology International

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-6

  Tanaka, Hiroshi ^a   Hashimoto, Midori ^a   Sahara, Shin ^a   Ohnishi, Tetsuro ^a   Fujii, Masaru ^a   Suzuki, Kazuhiko ^a   Saikai, Toyohiro ^a   Abe, Shosaku ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Eosinophil; High resolution computed tomography; Inhaled corticosteroid; Small airway

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON BECLOMETHASONE DIPROPIONATE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON BECLOMETHASONE DIPROPIONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ANGIOGENESIS; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS MUCUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRY POWDER; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FLOWMETER; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INHALATION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METERED DOSE INHALER; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDER INHALER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; SMALL AIRWAY DISEASE; TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 1942424091     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1592.2003.00308.x     Document Type: Review

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