What are ventilation defects in asthma?

Thorax

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 63-71

  Svenningsen, Sarah ^a,b   Kirby, Miranda ^a,b   Starr, Danielle ^a   Coxson, Harvey O ^c   Paterson, Nigel A M ^b   McCormack, David G ^b   Parraga, Grace ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY SURFACE; BREATHING DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; VENTILATION DEFECT; YOUNG ADULT;

ASTHMA; IMAGING/CT MRI ETC;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; FEMALE; HELIUM; HUMANS; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY VENTILATION; SPIROMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890437628     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-203711     Document Type: Article

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