Lower airway inflammation in infants and young children with cystic fibrosis

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 4 PART I, 1997, Pages 1197-1204

  Armstrong, David S ^a   Grimwood, Keith ^b   Carlin, John B ^b   Carzino, Rosemary ^b   Gutièrrez, Jose P ^b   Hull, Jeremy ^b   Olinsky, Anthony ^b   Phelan, Ethna M ^b   Robertson, Colin F ^b   Phelan, Peter D ^b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-8; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0030768159     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.156.4.96-11058     Document Type: Article

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