Physiologic and pathologic abnormalities in severe asthma

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-40

  Wenzel, Sally ^a  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE B; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; METHACHOLINE; STEROID; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRIAMCINOLONE;

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MONITORING; EOSINOPHIL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LUNG COLLAPSE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG LAVAGE; NEUTROPHIL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL VOLUME; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; REVIEW;

ASTHMA; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33644891024     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2005.10.002     Document Type: Review

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