title: The new gestalt: asthma as a chronic inflammatory disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02215.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Ackerman
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D008264:Macrophages / Q000502:physiology; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000502:physiology; D008954:Models, Biological; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000502:physiology