Reduced airway distensibility, fixed airflow limitation and airway wall remodelling in asthma

C. Ward, D. P. Johns, R. Bish, M. Pais, D. Reid, E. H. Walters (Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom; Melbourne, Tasmania, Australia)

Source: Annual Congress 2001 - Airway responsiveness: mechanics, mechanisms, effects of anti-asthma drugs
Session: Airway responsiveness: mechanics, mechanisms, effects of anti-asthma drugs
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 2390
Disease area: Airway diseases

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