Assessment of airway inflammation in children with acute asthma using induced sputum

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2104-2108

  Twaddell, S H ^b   Gibson, P G ^a   Carty, K ^b   Woolley, K L ^b   Henry, R L ^b  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

asthma; children; eosinophil; neutrophil; sputum

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEUTROPHIL; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029779309     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09102104     Document Type: Article

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