Inflammation of bronchial smooth muscle in allergic asthma

Thorax

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-15

  Begueret, H ^a,b   Berger, P ^a,b   Vernejoux, J M ^c   Dubuisson, L ^b   Marthan, R ^a,b   Tunon De Lara, J M ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE; MAST CELL; MYOFIBROBLAST; MYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ASTHMA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MAST CELLS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 33846202881     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2006.062141     Document Type: Article

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