Central airway compliance in asthma: Up or down? Good or bad?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 563-564

  Paré, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY REMODELING; ASTHMA; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG PRESSURE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ASTHMA; HUMANS; LUNG COMPLIANCE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 79952226980     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201009-1533ED     Document Type: Editorial

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