Non-invasive markers of airway inflammation as predictors of oral steroid responsiveness in asthma

Thorax

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 232-234

  Little, Stuart A ^a   Chalmers, George W ^a   Thomson, Neil C ^a   MacLeod, Kirsten J ^b   McSharry, Charles ^b  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Immunology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Asthma; Corticosteroids; Induced sputum eosinophilia; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; NITRIC OXIDE; PREDNISOLONE; SALBUTAMOL; STEROID;

ADULT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EOSINOPHIL; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ALBUTEROL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; PREDNISOLONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM;

EID: 0034057829     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.55.3.232     Document Type: Article

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