Airway bacteria and their relevance to disease severity in asthma

Asthma is a heterogeneous condition resulting from a complex interaction of genetic and environmental factors leading to airway hyperreactivity, reversible bronchoconstriction and chronic airway inflammation. Little is known about the role of chronic bacterial colonization in the underlying inflamma...

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Main Author: Green, Ben
Other Authors: Howarth, Peter ; Carroll, Mary
Published: University of Southampton 2010
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.701490