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Bacteria in sputum of stable severe asthma and increased airway wall thickness
BACKGROUND: Patients with chronic asthma have thicker intrapulmonary airways measured on high resolution computed tomography (HRCT). We determined whether the presence of lower airway bacteria was associated with increased airway wall thickness. METHODS: In 56 patients with stable severe asthma, spu...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3351013/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22513083 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-13-35 |