Small airway disease in asthma and COPD: Clinical implications

Chest

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 412-423

  Van Den Berge, Maarten ^a   Ten Hacken, Nick H T ^a   Cohen, Judith ^a   Douma, W Rob ^a   Postma, Dirkje S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

AEROSOL; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY REMODELING; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW;

EID: 79551610185     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-1210     Document Type: Review

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