Peripheral lung function in patients with stable and unstable asthma

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1322-1328

  Thompson, Bruce R ^a,b   Douglass, Jo A ^c   Ellis, Matthew J ^a,b   Kelly, Vanessa J ^d   O'Hehir, Robyn E ^a,b   King, Gregory G ^b,e   Verbanck, Sylvia ^f  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Cooperative Research Centre for Asthma and Airways ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

acinar airways; peripheral gas mixing; Severe asthma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; NITROGEN WASHOUT; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ASTHMA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84876903942     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.01.054     Document Type: Article

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