Eosinophilic airway inflammation and the prognosis of childhood asthma

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1594-1601

  Lovett, C J ^a   Whitehead, B F ^b   Gibson, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Asthma; Children; Eosinophil; Prognosis; Sputum

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY INFLAMMATION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; LUNG; MALE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; SPUTUM; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 35348987030     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2007.02839.x     Document Type: Article

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