Unsuspected mild emphysema in nonsmoking patients with chronic asthma with persistent airway obstruction

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gelb, Arthur F ^a,b   Yamamoto, Alfred ^c   Mauad, Thais ^d   Kollin, Jozef ^c   Schein, Mark J ^c   Nadel, Jay A ^e  

^a Lakewood Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LRMC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; FIBRONECTIN; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMPHYSEMA; EOSINOPHIL; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; LUNG ELASTIC RECOIL; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDUAL VOLUME; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-2 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY REMODELING; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELASTICITY; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKOTRIENE ANTAGONISTS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA;

EID: 84891747521     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.09.045     Document Type: Article

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