Effect of fluticasone propionate on sputum of patients with chronic bronchitis and emphysema

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 616-621

  Llewellyn Jones, Carol G ^a   Harris, Tim A J ^b   Stockley, Robert A ^b  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; MYELOPEROXIDASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; EMPHYSEMA; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030052682     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.153.2.8564107     Document Type: Article

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