Cellular profiles in asthmatic airways: A comparison of induced sputum, bronchial washings, and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid

Thorax

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 372-374

  Keatings, V M ^a,b   Evans, D J ^a   O'Connor, B J ^a   Barnes, P J ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bronchial washings; Differential cell counts; Induced sputum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031011133     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.52.4.372     Document Type: Article

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