Does sputum eosinophilia predict the response to systemic corticosteroids in children with difficult asthma?

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 298-303

  Lex, Christiane ^a,b   Jenkins, Gavin ^b   Wilson, Nicola M ^a   Zacharasiewicz, Angela ^a,c   Erin, Ed ^a,b   Hansel, Trevor T ^a,b   Bush, Andrew ^a   Payne, Donald N R ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Pulmonary and Infectious Diseases   (Austria)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Asthma; Children; Eosinophilia; Sputum induction; Steroid trial

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUTICASONE; MONTELUKAST; NEDOCROMIL; PREDNISOLONE; THEOPHYLLINE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREDNISOLONE; SPUTUM; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 33947227285     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20570     Document Type: Article

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