Usefulness of induced sputum eosinophil count to assess severity and treatment outcome in asthma patients

Context: Currently treatment decisions in asthma are governed by clinical assessment and spirometry. Sputum eosinophil, being a marker of airway inflammation, can serve as a tool for assessing severity and response to treatment in asthma patients. Aims: To establish correlation between change in spu...

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Principais autores:	Ankan Bandyopadhyay, Partha P Roy, Kaushik Saha, Semanti Chakraborty, Debraj Jash, Debabrata Saha
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
coleção:	Lung India
Assuntos:	Asthma forced expiratory volume in one second induced sputum sputum eosinophil count treatment outcome
Acesso em linha:	http://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2013;volume=30;issue=2;spage=117;epage=123;aulast=Bandyopadhyay
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