Induced sputum, bronchoalveolar lavage and blood from mild asthmatics: Inflammatory cells, lymphocyte subsets and soluble markers compared

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 828-834

  Pizzichini, E ^a   Pizzichini, M M M ^a   Kidney, J C ^a   Efthimiadis, A ^a   Hussack, P ^a   Popov, T ^a   Cox, G ^a   Dolovich, J ^a   O'Byrne, P ^a   Hargreave, F E ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Asthma; Blood; Bronchoalveolar lavage; Induced sputum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL DENSITY; CELL ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD19; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PROTEINS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; RIBONUCLEASES; SPUTUM; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 14444284810     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.98.11040828     Document Type: Article

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