Changes in bronchial inflammation during acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1112-1119

  Gompertz, S ^a   O'Brien, C ^a   Bayley, D L ^a   Hill, S L ^a   Stockley, R A ^a  

^a QE Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bronchitis; Chronic bronchitis; Exacerbations; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; LEUKOTRIENE B4; MYELOPEROXIDASE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIOLOGY; BRONCHUS MUCUS; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BRONCHITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LEUKOTRIENE B4; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SPUTUM;

EID: 0034883814     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.01.99114901     Document Type: Article

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