Should bronchoscopy be advocated to study airway remodelling and inflammation in adults with cystic fibrosis?

Thorax

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-

  Burgel, Pierre Régis ^a,b   Martin, Clémence ^a,b   Fajac, Isabelle ^a,b   Dusser, Daniel J ^a,b  

^a AP HP ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY REMODELING; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LETTER; LUNG LAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84856029056     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200824     Document Type: Letter

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