Effect of inhalated bronchodilators on air trapping in patients with stable asthma

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-129

  Ito, Ryoji ^a   Yokoyama, Akihito ^b   Hamada, Hironobu ^a   Yasuhara, Yoshifumi ^a   Kohno, Nobuoki ^b   Higaki, Jitsuo ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air trapping; Asthma; Bronchial wall thickness; High resolution computed tomography; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; SPIROMETRY; AIR; BRONCHUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; AGED; AIR; ASTHMA; BRONCHI; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33745106285     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900500498287     Document Type: Article

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