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Sputum colour can identify patients with neutrophilic inflammation in asthma

INTRODUCTION: Sputum colour is associated with neutrophilic inflammation in chronic bronchitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Neutrophilia and sputum expectoration is notable in asthma, but whether sputum colour is associated with and predicts the presence of neutrophilic inflamma...

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Autores principales: Pabreja, Kavita, Gibson, Peter, Lochrin, Alyssa J, Wood, Lisa, Baines, Katherine J, Simpson, Jodie L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5640107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29071085
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2017-000236