Airway inflammation in children with difficult asthma: Relationships with airflow limitation and persistent symptoms

Thorax

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 862-869

  Payne, D N R ^a   Qiu, Y ^a   Zhu, J ^a   Peachey, L ^a   Scallan, M ^a   Bush, A ^a   Jeffery, P K ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; NITRIC OXIDE; RANTES;

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; THICKNESS; BIOPSY; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BIOPSY; BRONCHI; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 6344250580     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2003.017244     Document Type: Article

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