Bronchial thermoplasty for severe asthma

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-38

  Cox, Gerard ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

bronchial thermoplasty; procedure; remodeling; severe asthma

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL THERMOPLASTY; BRONCHOPLASTY; BRONCHUS MUSCLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FUTUROLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TRACHEA MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650511132     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e3283410ae4     Document Type: Article

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