Ventilation inhomogeneity and bronchial basement membrane changes in chronic neutrophilic airway inflammation.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.10.023
Abstract: BACKGROUND Bronchial epithelial reticular basement membrane (RBM) thickening occurs in diseases with both eosinophilic [allergic bronchial asthma (AB)] and neutrophilic [cystic fibrosis (CF), primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD)] chronic airway inflammation; however, lung function and airway… read more here.
Keywords: ventilation inhomogeneity; cytology; rbm; rbm thickness ... See more keywords
Endobronchial biopsy in the final diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma: a clinicopathological study
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DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2018.118
Abstract: BACKGROUND Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are chronic conditions with an increasing prevalence in developing countries. The evaluation of endobronchial biopsies has emerged as a tool to differentiate between both conditions via the… read more here.
Keywords: chronic obstructive; obstructive pulmonary; rbm; pulmonary disease ... See more keywords