Asthma progression: Can we and should we measure it?

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 598-600

  Szefler, Stanley J ^a  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE; GELATINASE B; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEIN ADAM 33; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ASTHMA; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TH2 CELL; TISSUE REPAIR; WHEEZING;

EID: 40249111498     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.12.1192     Document Type: Editorial

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