Is the paediatric nasal epithelium a surrogate model for the bronchial epithelium in asthma?

S. Thavagnanam, J. Parker, G. Skibinski, L. Heaney, M. Shields (Belfast, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Paediatric lung function, imaging and methodology in health and disease
Session: Paediatric lung function, imaging and methodology in health and disease
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 1192
Disease area: Airway diseases, Paediatric lung diseases

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