Figure 1B (IMAGE)

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Figure 1B

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Micrographs (x200) of the (A.) outer airway wall, between the airway smooth muscle (ASM) layer and the airway adventitia (dashed line) showing adipose tissue and mucous glands and (B.) inner airway wall (submucosa), between the basement membrane and ASM layer (dashed line) in a case of fatal asthma stained with haematoxylin and eosin. Inflammatory cells were counted within the inner airway wall.

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<em>European Respiratory Journal</em>

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