Airway wall structure assessed by endobronchial ultrasonography and bronchial hyperresponsiveness in patients with asthma

Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 301-306

  Kita, Toshiyuki ^a   Fujimura, Masaki ^b   Kurimoto, Noriaki ^c   Sone, Takashi ^a   Inuzuka, Kanako ^a   Hirose, Tatsuki ^a   Oribe, Yoshitaka ^a   Myou, Shigeharu ^b   Nakao, Shinji ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KANAZAWA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airway hyperresponsiveness; Airway remodeling; Asthma; Endobronchial ultrasound; Mural structure

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG STRUCTURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS;

EID: 78449299264     PISSN: 19446586     EISSN: 19488270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LBR.0b013e3181f9f09b     Document Type: Article

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