Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 2 , Pages 197-203 , February 2010

Pulmonary function correlates with arterial stiffness in asthmatic patients

  • Zeev Weiler

      Affiliations

    • Pulmonary Unit, Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon 78306, Israel Affiliated to the faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheba
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel./fax: +972 86745473.
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  • Yuri zeldin

      Affiliations

    • Allergy and Immunology Unit, Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon, Israel
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  • Eli Magen

      Affiliations

    • Internal Medicine Ward B, Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon, Israel
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  • Doron Zamir

      Affiliations

    • Internal Medicine Ward B, Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon, Israel
    • ,
  • Mona I. Kidon

      Affiliations

    • Allergy and Immunology Unit, Chaim-Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel./fax: +972 39412038.

Received 11 June 2009 ,Accepted 6 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.09.004

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 2 , Pages 197-203 , February 2010

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