Endobronchial biopsy: A guide for asthma therapy selection in the era of bronchial thermoplasty

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 634-641

  Gordon, Ilyssa O ^a   Husain, Aliya N ^a   Charbeneau, Jeffery ^b   Krishnan, Jerry A ^b   Hogarth, D Kyle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Inflammation; Pathology; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRONCHIAL THERMOPLASTY; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GOBLET CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG SURGERY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SEVERE PERSISTENT ASTHMA; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ASTHMA; BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84880562210     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2013.794239     Document Type: Article

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