Quantitative morphology using bronchial biopsies

European Respiratory Review

Volumn 15, Issue 101, 2006, Pages 157-161

  Woodruff, P G ^a,b   Innes, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway remodelling; Bronchial biopsy; Inflammation; Morphometry; Stereology

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

AIRWAY; ASTHMA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EOSINOPHIL; GOBLET CELL; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MORPHOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL; PNEUMONIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STEREOLOGY; SUBMUCOSA;

EID: 34447128804     PISSN: 09059180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09059180.00010106     Document Type: Review

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