Association between neutrophilic and eosinophilic inflammation in patients with severe persistent asthma

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 137, Issue SUPPL., 2005, Pages 7-11

  Kikuchi, Shinya ^a   Nagata, Makoto ^a   Kikuchi, Izumi ^a   Hagiwara, Koichi ^a   Kanazawa, Minoru ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthma, severe; Eosinophil; Neutrophil

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; FLUTICASONE;

ADULT; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INHALATION TEST; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NEUTROPHILIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEVERE PERSISTENT ASTHMA; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; EOSINOPHIL; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHIL; SPUTUM;

ADULT; ANDROSTADIENES; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CELL COUNT; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PREDNISOLONE; SPUTUM;

EID: 20844448191     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085425     Document Type: Conference Paper

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