Slow-onset asthma deaths have more eosinophils and health care utilization than rapid-onset deaths

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1819-1826

  Hyzy, Robert C ^a   Travis, William D ^b   Hanna, Elizabeth ^c   Lyon Callo, Sarah ^d   Flaherty, Kevin R ^a   Rosenman, Kenneth D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Autopsy; Basement membrane; Classification; Eosinophil; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTOPSY; BRONCHIOLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NEUTROPHIL; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRONCHI; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EOSINOPHILS; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EOSINOPHILIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55849115586     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.06.011     Document Type: Article

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