Bronchial thermoplasty: Report on the first endoscopic treatment for asthma in Latin America;Termoplastia brônquica: Relato do primeiro tratamento endoscópico de asma na América Latina

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-62

  Rubin, Adalberto Sperb ^a,c   Cardoso, Paulo Francisco Guerreiro ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asthma treatment; Case reports publication type ; Respiratory function tests

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STANDARD;

ASTHMA; BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 41549092717     PISSN: 18063713     EISSN: 18063713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1806-37132008000100011     Document Type: Article

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