"Hot stuff": Bronchial thermoplasty for asthma

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 941-942

  Bel, Elisabeth H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL THERMOPLASTY; BRONCHOSCOPY; DEVICE; DISEASE CONTROL; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; PATHOGENESIS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK FACTOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED;

EID: 33646270884     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 1073449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2602002     Document Type: Editorial

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