Neutrophilic asthma has different radiographic features to COPD and smokers

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 881-887

  Simpson, Jodie L ^a,b   Milne, David G ^c   Gibson, Peter G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bronchial wall thickening; COPD; High resolution computed tomography; Neutrophilic asthma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUTROPHILIC ASTHMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PHENOTYPE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; SMOKING; SPUTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 65449163128     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.12.013     Document Type: Article

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