Bronchial thermoplasty for asthma

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 965-969

  Cox, Gerard ^a   Miller, John D ^b   McWilliams, Annette ^b   FitzGerald, J Mark ^b   Lam, Stephen ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Airway smooth muscle; Asthma; Bronchoscopy; Radiofrequency energy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; OXYGEN; PARACETAMOL; SALBUTAMOL; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL THERMOPLASTY; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS MUCUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEMOPTYSIS; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; THORAX PAIN; THROAT IRRITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHEEZING;

ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646242990     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 1073449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200507-1162OC     Document Type: Article

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