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Neutrophilic asthma has different radiographic features to COPD and smokers.
Respiratory medicine - 1 Jun 2009
Simpson Jodie L, Milne David G, Gibson Peter G
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BACKGROUND: Neutrophilic asthma and COPD are obstructive airway diseases common in older age and have a characteristic airway inflammation with neutrophilic bronchitis. The structural differences between neutrophilic asthma and COPD have not been investigated. The aim of this study was to examine the airway and parenchymal abnormalities using high resolution computed tomographic (HRCT) scanning in participants...
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