Safety and application of induced sputum analysis in childhood asthma

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 575-582

  Covar, Ronina A ^a,b,d   Spahn, Joseph D ^a,b   Martin, Richard J ^c   Silkoff, Philip E ^c   Sundstrom, D A ^b   Murphy, James ^d   Szefler, Stanley J ^a,b  

^a Ira J Jacqueline Neimark Lab C   (United States)

^b Department of Pediatrics

^c Division of Pulmonary Medicine   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; asthma; eosinophils; exhaled nitric oxide; induced sputum; inflammatory markers; pulmonary function

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NEDOCROMIL; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BELCHING; BRONCHODILATATION; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN TINGLING; SORE THROAT; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BUDESONIDE; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEDOCROMIL; NITRIC OXIDE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPUTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4444224765     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2004.06.036     Document Type: Article

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