Quality, size, and composition of pediatric endobronchial biopsies in cystic fibrosis

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Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1710-1717

  Regamey, Nicolas ^a,b   Hilliard, Thomas N ^a   Saglani, Sejal ^a   Zhu, Jie ^a   Scallan, Mike ^a   Balfour Lynn, Ian M ^a   Rosenthal, Marc ^a   Jeffery, Peter K ^a   Alton, Eric W F W ^b   Bush, Andrew ^a   Davies, Jane C ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway remodeling; Airway smooth muscle; Biopsy; Child; Cystic fibrosis

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CELL COMPOSITION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FORCEPS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STEREOLOGY; WHEEZING;

EID: 34250863896     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-2666     Document Type: Article

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