Asthma: What's the bleeding point?

Thorax

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1014-1015

  Pitchford, Simon C ^a   Moffatt, James D ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; THROMBIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ASTHMA; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG INJURY; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SARCOIDOSIS; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 72949112978     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2009.120279     Document Type: Editorial

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