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Bronchial thermoplasty reduces gas trapping in severe asthma

BACKGROUND: In randomized controlled trials, bronchial thermoplasty (BT) has been proven to reduce symptoms in severe asthma, but the mechanisms by which this is achieved are uncertain as most studies have shown no improvement in spirometry. We postulated that BT might improve lung mechanics by alte...

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Autores principales: Langton, David, Ing, Alvin, Bennetts, Kim, Wang, Wei, Farah, Claude, Peters, Matthew, Plummer, Virginia, Thien, Francis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6154954/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30249234
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-018-0721-6