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The impact of diurnal variation on induced sputum cell counts in healthy adults

BACKGROUND: Induced sputum cell counts are a non-invasive, reliable method for evaluating the presence, type, and degree of inflammation in the airways of the lungs. Current reference values for induced sputum cell counts in healthy adults do not account for the effects of circadian rhythm, includin...

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Autores principales: Davidson, Warren J, Wong, Lisa E, The, Stephanie, Leigh, Richard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3621557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23537329
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2045-7022-3-8