Bronchial thermoplasty: The heat that reprograms the airways?

Affiliations

¹ Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada. Electronic address: chakir@med.ulaval.ca.
² Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada.

Editorial

Jamila Chakir et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2021 Nov.

. 2021 Nov;148(5):1167-1169.

doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2021.09.004. Epub 2021 Sep 9.

¹ Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada. Electronic address: chakir@med.ulaval.ca.
² Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada.

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Keywords: Severe asthma; asthma airway inflammation, and remodeling; bronchial thermoplasty.

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