Induced sputum cell and fluid-phase indices of inflammation: Comparison of treatment with dithiothreitol vs phosphate-buffered saline

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1336-1340

  Efthimiadis, A ^a   Pizzichini, M M M ^a   Pizzichini, E ^a   Dolovich, J ^a   Hargreave, F E ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Asthma; Dithiothreitol; Induced sputum

Indexed keywords

DITHIOTHREITOL; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 8; PHOSPHATE BINDING AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; BLOOD PROTEINS; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CHILD; DITHIOTHREITOL; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; EXPECTORANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RIBONUCLEASES; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; SPUTUM;

EID: 0030980327     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.97.10061336     Document Type: Article

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