Serial sputum cell counts in the management of chronic airflow limitation

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1405-1408

  Parameswaran, K ^a   Pizzichini, M M M ^a   Li, D ^b   Pizzichini, E ^a   Jeffery, P K ^b   Hargreave, F E ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bronchiectasis; Chronic airflow limitation; Sputum cell counts

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BUDESONIDE; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL; TERBUTALINE;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIECTASIS; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG INFILTRATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS;

ASTHMA; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHITIS; CELL COUNT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SPUTUM;

EID: 0031835970     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.98.11061405     Document Type: Article

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