Quality of Bronchial Biopsies for Morphology Study and Cell Sampling: A Comparison of Asthmatic and Healthy Subjects

Isabelle Labonté; Michel Laviolette; Ron Olivenstein; Jamila Chakir; Louis-Philippe Boulet; Qutayba Hamid

doi:10.1155/2008/202615

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2008)

Quality of Bronchial Biopsies for Morphology Study and Cell Sampling: A Comparison of Asthmatic and Healthy Subjects

Isabelle Labonté,
Michel Laviolette,
Ron Olivenstein,
Jamila Chakir,
Louis-Philippe Boulet,
Qutayba Hamid

Affiliations

Isabelle Labonté: Centre de pneumologie, Hôpital Laval, Quebec City, Canada
Michel Laviolette: Centre de pneumologie, Hôpital Laval, Quebec City, Canada
Ron Olivenstein: Meakins-Christie Laboratories, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Jamila Chakir: Centre de pneumologie, Hôpital Laval, Quebec City, Canada
Louis-Philippe Boulet: Centre de pneumologie, Hôpital Laval, Quebec City, Canada
Qutayba Hamid: Meakins-Christie Laboratories, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2008/202615
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 15, no. 8
pp. 431 – 435

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Bronchial biopsies are widely used for histopathological, primary cell culture and genetic studies, but very few reports have evaluated their quality.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/crj/

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