Smooth muscle hyperplasia in an asthmatic patient: Do we know it all?

Respiration

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 152-156

  Ergan Arsava, Begum ^a   Karakaya, Gul ^b   Firat, Pinar ^a   Kalyoncu, A Fuat ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Chest Diseases   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adult asthma; Airway smooth muscle; Endobronchial polypoid mass; Smooth muscle hyperplasia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BUDESONIDE; FORMOTEROL FUMARATE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS MUSCLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG NODULE; NOSE POLYP; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY;

ASTHMA; BRONCHI; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH;

EID: 79951672142     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319551     Document Type: Article

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