Airway Remodeling (Lung Biology in Health and Disease)
Contributors: Peter H. Howarth (Editor); John William Wilson (Editor); Jean Bousquet (Editor); Sabina Rak (Editor); Romain Pauwels (Editor)
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: February 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780824704483
Subjects: Cardiovascular medicine; Regional anatomy; Respiratory medicine; Medical / Nursing; Asthma; Respiratory System Physiology; Science; Health & Fitness; Medical; Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Allergies; Medical / Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology; Airway (Medicine)
First sentence: For decades, asthma has been considered a condition of reversible airflow obstruction, and in the majority of patients, complete reversiblity of long-standing abnormal spirometric measurements, such as FEV1, may be observed after treatment.