Is there a role for bronchial thermoplasty in the treatment of asthma?

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 191-192

  Boulet, Louis Philippe ^a   Laviolette, Michel ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma treatment; Bronchial thermoplasty; Interventional bronchoscopy; Moderate asthma; Severe asthma

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL THERMOPLASTY; BRONCHOPLASTY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84863101954     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/853731     Document Type: Review

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