Effect of Yufeining (Chinese characters) on induced sputum interleukin-8 in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at the stable phase

Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 179-182

  Hong, Min Li ^a   Yang, Guo Zong ^a   Chen, Wen Xi ^a   Gao, Ling Yun ^a   Cai, Shao Hang ^a   Dai, Shun Zhen ^a  

^a Zhangzhou Chinese Medical Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Interleukin 8; Yufeining

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; INTERLEUKIN 8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YUFEINING; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; ATRACTYLODES; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNUS; CUSCUTA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GINSENG; HUMAN; JUGLANDACEAE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA; SCHISANDRACEAE; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TRICHOSANTHES; CHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; SPUTUM;

AGED; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-8; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPUTUM;

EID: 26244447111     PISSN: 16720415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02836500     Document Type: Article

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