References
- Wood RE. The diagnostic effectiveness of the flexible bronchoscope in children. Pediatr Pulmonol 1985;1:188–192
- Payne D, McKenzie SA, Stacey S, Misra D, Haxby E, Bush A. Safety and ethics of bronchoscopy and endobronchial biopsy in difficult asthma. Arch Dis Child 2001;84:423–426
- Barbato A, Turato G, Baraldo S, Bazzan E, Calabrese F, Tura M, Zuin R, et al. Airway inflammation in childhood asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003;168:798–803
- Jeffery PK. Remodeling in asthma and chronic obstructive lung disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001;164:S28–S38
- Heida F, Pijnenburg MW, Vanlaeken L, Timens W, Rottier BL. Bronchoscopy and endobronchial biopsies in children: useful or not [abstract]? Eur Respir J 2012;40:4708s
- van Mastrigt E, Vanlaeken L, Caudri D, de Krijger R, Pijnenburg MW. Endobronchial biopsies in children: basal membrane thickness and asthma [abstract]. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2012;185:A2354
- Bateman E. Global initiative for asthma (GINA) guidelines; global strategy for asthma management and prevention; 2009. Available from: www.ginasthma.com [last accessed 12 Oct 2914]
- Wilson JW, Li X. The measurement of reticular basement membrane and submucosal collagen in the asthmatic airway. Clin Exp Allergy 1997;27:363–371
- Bland JM, Altman DG. Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement. Lancet 1986;1:307–310
- Saglani S, Payne DN, Zhu J, Wang Z, Nicholson AG, Bush A, Jeffery PK. Early detection of airway wall remodeling and eosinophilic inflammation in preschool wheezers. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2007;176:858–864
- Barbato A, Turato G, Baraldo S, Bazzan E, Calabrese F, Panizzolo C, Zanin ME, et al. Epithelial damage and angiogenesis in the airways of children with asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2006;174:975–981
- Fedorov IA, Wilson SJ, Davies DE, Holgate ST. Epithelial stress and structural remodelling in childhood asthma. Thorax 2005;60:389–394
- Kim ES, Kim SH, Kim KW, Park JW, Kim YS, Sohn MH, Kim KE. Basement membrane thickening and clinical features of children with asthma. Allergy 2007;62:635–640
- Payne DN, Qiu Y, Zhu J, Peachey L, Scallan M, Bush A, Jeffery PK. Airway inflammation in children with difficult asthma: relationships with airflow limitation and persistent symptoms. Thorax 2004;59:862–869
- Pohunek P, Warner JO, Turzikova J, Kudrmann J, Roche WR. Markers of eosinophilic inflammation and tissue re-modelling in children before clinically diagnosed bronchial asthma. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2005;16:43–51
- Malmstrom K, Pelkonen AS, Makela MJ. Remodeling, inflammation and airway responsiveness in early childhood asthma. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 2013;13:203–210
- Chetta A, Foresi A, Del Donno M, Bertorelli G, Pesci A, Olivieri D. Airways remodeling is a distinctive feature of asthma and is related to severity of disease. Chest 1997;111:852–857
- Ward C, Pais M, Bish R, Reid D, Feltis B, Johns D, Walters EH. Airway inflammation, basement membrane thickening and bronchial hyperresponsiveness in asthma. Thorax 2002;57:309–316
- Saglani S, Malmstrom K, Pelkonen AS, Malmberg LP, Lindahl H, Kajosaari M, Turpeinen M, et al. Airway remodeling and inflammation in symptomatic infants with reversible airflow obstruction. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2005;171:722–727
- O'Reilly R, Ullmann N, Irving S, Bossley CJ, Sonnappa S, Zhu J, Oates T, et al. Increased airway smooth muscle in preschool wheezers who have asthma at school age. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2013;131:1024–1032, 1032 e1021–1016
- Mahut B, Delclaux C, Tillie-Leblond I, Gosset B, Delacourt C, Zerah-Lancner F, Harf A, de Blic J. The airway epithelium in asthma. Nat Med 2012;18:684–692
- Lambrecht BN, Hammad H. The airway epithelium in asthma. Nat Med 2012;18:684–692
- Hilliard TN, Regamey N, Shute JK, Nicholson AG, Alton EW, Bush A, Davies JC. Airway remodelling in children with cystic fibrosis. Thorax 2007;62:1074–1080