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[Cortisone-resistant bronchial asthma].
Annali italiani di medicina interna : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di medicina interna - 1 Jan 2000
Matucci A, Rossi O, Ricci M
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There is general agreement on the inflammatory pathogenesis of bronchial asthma: an accumulation of activated eosinophils, degranulated mast cells, T lymphocytes and in very severe forms, granulocytes has constantly been found in the bronchial mucosa. In allergic bronchial asthma, inflammation seems to be orchestrated predominantly by a subset of T lymphocytes, with a phenotype similar to the Th2 subset able to...
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