Safety of investigative bronchoscopy in the Severe Asthma Research Program

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Moore, Wendy C ^a,c   Evans, Michael D ^b   Bleecker, Eugene R ^a,c   Busse, William W ^b,c   Calhoun, William J ^c   Castro, Mario ^c   Chung, Kian Fan ^c   Erzurum, Serpil C ^c   Curran Everett, Douglas ^c   Dweik, Raed A ^c   Gaston, Benjamin ^c   Hew, Mark ^c   Israel, Elliot ^c   Mayse, Martin L ^c   Pascual, Rodolfo M ^a,c   Peters, Stephen P ^a,c   Silveira, Lori ^c   Wenzel, Sally E ^c   Jarjour, Nizar N ^b,c  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Severe Asthma Research Program   (United States)

Author keywords

exacerbation; Investigative bronchoscopy; safety; severe asthma

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960993627     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.02.042     Document Type: Article

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