Airway function and markers of airway inflammation in patients with treated hypothyroidism

Thorax

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 249-253

  Birring, S S ^a   Patel, R B ^a   Parker, D ^a   Mckenna, S ^a   Hargadon, B ^a   Monteiro, W R ^a   Falconer Smith, J F ^a   Pavord, I D ^a  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; INTERLEUKIN 8; THYROXINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COUGHING; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; SPUTUM LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; WHEEZING; BRONCHITIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPUTUM; VITAL CAPACITY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRONCHITIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; SPUTUM; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 14944351482     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.034900     Document Type: Article

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