Quality of Bronchial Biopsies for Morphology Study and Cell Sampling: A Comparison of Asthmatic and Healthy Subjects

BACKGROUND: Bronchial biopsies are widely used for histopathological, primary cell culture and genetic studies, but very few reports have evaluated their quality.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Isabelle Labonté, Michel Laviolette, Ron Olivenstein, Jamila Chakir, Louis-Philippe Boulet, Qutayba Hamid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2008-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/202615