Assessment of airway neutrophils by sputum colour: Correlation with airways inflammation

Thorax

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 366-372

  Stockley, R A ^a   Bayley, D ^a   Hill, S L ^a   Hill, A T ^a   Crooks, S ^a   Campbell, E J ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Inflammation; Neutrophils; Proteinases; Sputum

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 8; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; SECRETORY LEUKOCYTE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM;

ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHITIS; CATHEPSIN B; COLOR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-8; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; LEUKOTRIENE B4; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PEROXIDASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITORY PROTEINS, SECRETORY; PROTEINS; SPUTUM;

EID: 0035043191     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.56.5.366     Document Type: Article

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