Near Fatal Asthma: Clinical and Airway Biopsy Characteristics

Background. Inflammation and remodeling are integral parts of asthma pathophysiology. We sought to describe the clinical and pathologic features of near fatal asthma exacerbation (NFE). Methods. Bronchial biopsies were collected prospectively from NFE I subjects. Another NFE II group and a moderate...

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Main Authors: Barbers, Richard G., Papanikolaou, Ilias C., Koss, Michael N., Patel, Ashish, Katagihara, Elton, Arenas, Maggie, Chan, Khalid, Azen, Colleen G., Sharma, Om P.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3289876/