Location, location, location: Microlocalisation of inflammatory cells and airway dysfunction

Thorax

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 734-735

  Brightling, C E ^a   Pavord, I D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; HISTAMINE; INTERLEUKIN 13; TRYPTASE;

ASTHMA; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COUGHING; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MAST CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; COUGH; HUMANS; MUSCLE CELLS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 4544286254     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.026328     Document Type: Editorial

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