Assessing airway inflammation: From guessing to quantitative measurements

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 74-76

  Haahtela, Tari ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Asthma treatment; Early Asthma; ECP; Eosinophils in asthma; Exhaled NO; Induced sputum; MPO

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; AIRWAY; ASTHMA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; NITRIC OXIDE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPUTUM;

EID: 0036260361     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07853890252953455     Document Type: Review

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