Sputum cell counts and exhaled nitric oxide in patients with gastroesophageal reflux, and cough or asthma

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 239-244

  Parameswaran, K ^a   Allen, C J ^a   Kamada, D ^a   Efthimiadis, A ^a   Anvari, M ^a   Hargreave, F E ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chronic cough; Exhaled nitric oxide; Gastroesophageal reflux; Inflammation; Sputum cell counts

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; CELL PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; FIBRINOGEN; NITRIC OXIDE; OMEPRAZOLE; RANITIDINE; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EOSINOPHIL; EXHALATION; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEUTROPHIL; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0034827465     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2001/418490     Document Type: Article

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