Abnormalities of the bronchial arteries in asthma

Chest

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1025-1033

  Green, Francis H Y ^a   Butt, John C ^b   James, Alan L ^c   Carroll, Neil G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma pathology; Bronchial arteries; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTOPSY; BRONCHIAL ARTERY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

EID: 33750048992     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.130.4.1025     Document Type: Article

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