Scanning the asthmatic airway : defining relationship between physiology, inflammation and airway structure in severe asthma using computed tomography

Severe asthma is a complex and heterogeneous disease characterised by chronic airway inflammation, disordered airway physiology and airway remodelling. Computed tomography (CT) has emerged as a non-invasive tool for assessment of airway structural changes. A critical gap in our understanding of seve...

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Main Author: Gupta, Sumit
Other Authors: Brightling, Christopher. : Entwisle, James
Published: University of Leicester 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.559197