Inflammatory subtypes in asthma: Assessment and identification using induced sputum

Respirology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-61

  Simpson, Jodie L ^a,b   Scott, Rodney ^a   Boyle, Michael J ^a,b   Gibson, Peter G ^a,b  

^a HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Eosinophil; Inflammation; Neutrophil; Sputum

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CELL COUNT; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPUTUM;

EID: 33645101537     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2006.00784.x     Document Type: Article

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